Novatek continues to seek new Yamal LNG partner

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Moscow—Russian independent gas producerNovatek is continuing talks with potential part-ners for its planned Yamal LNG project in Rus-sia’s far north, an official at operator YamalLNG said April 18, with France’s EDF beingtouted as a likely partner in the project.Yamal LNG general director Gleb Luxem-burg, speaking at the Russian Arctic Oil andGas conference in Moscow, also said Novatekwants to attract companies with a focus onthe downstream and marketing sectors—rath-er than upstream international majors—intothe 15 million mt/year project.