NOVATEK plans to add a new train next to the existing four-train Yamal LNG plant in the port of Sabetta on West Siberia's Yamal Peninsula, according to a report in Moscow. The plan is seen as a response to increasing demand for liquefied natural gas that can be delivered at low shipping cost to markets in Asia-Pacific and Europe because of current supply pressures and a longer-term view of gas as a transition fuel during the energy transition. According to Moscow business daily Kommersant, the proposed train will be built in a Novatek-managed specialised yard near the port of Murmansk in northwest Russia and will have a production capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per annum of LNG. The same yard is building three concrete gravity-based structures (GBSs) for Novatek's next flagship LNG export project, Arctic LNG 2, opposite Sabetta on the Gydan Peninsula. The Arctic LNG 2 trains are expected to come online between 2026 and 2027, each with capacity to produce more than 6 million tpa. According to Novatek, about half of the required modules for the first Arctic LNG 2 train have been installed on top of the first GBS, expected to be towed to the Gydan Peninsula for installation and final commissioning in 2023. Pouring concrete into a GBS for the proposed new train in Sabetta is expected to begin once the first Arctic LNG 2 train vacates the yard near Murmansk.
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