Russia delays LNG plans

摘要

All of Russia’s planned LNG export projects are likely to be delayed,energy minister Alexander Novak says.Start-ups have been pushed back to 2030 from 2018-20 previously.Lower oil prices and reliance on overseas technol-ogy undermined the plans,companies involved in the projects say.State-con-trolled Gazprom doubts that a decision on the 5mn t/yr third train at the 9.6mn t/yr Sakhalin 2 LNG plant will be taken this year.