Rosstat’s data show that the country’s LNG terminals produced about 3 million mt in November, down 0.4 percent compared to November 2023.
November LNG production also decreased compared to 3.1 million mt in October this year.
During January-October, Russian LNG export plants produced about 31.4 million mt, the data shows.
This is up by 6 percent compared to 29.6 million mt during the same period last year.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in September that the country expects to produce 35 million mt of LNG in 2024.
Rosstat’s data shows that LNG production in 2023 amounted to 32.9 million mt.
This week’s local media reports cited Novak as saying that total exports of Russian gas and LNG to European countries have so far been 18-20 percent higher this year compared to 2023 despite sanctions.
The gas and LNG supplies reportedly exceeded 50 bcm.
Russian LNG terminals
Russia currently produces LNG via Novatek and Gazprom-operated LNG terminals.
Gazprom operates the Sakhalin-2 LNG terminal with a capacity of 10.8 mtpa and the mid-scale Portovaya LNG complex in the Leningrad region with a capacity of about 1.5 mtpa.
Besides these facilities, Novatek operates the 17.4 mtpa Yamal LNG plant in Sabetta.
Novatek also operates the mid-scale LNG plant in Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Vysotsk with a capacity of more than 660 thousand tons of LNG per year.
In addition, Novatek operates the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 export plant.
In August, Novatek delivered the second gravity-based structure platform from its yard near Murmansk to the site of the Arctic LNG 2 project located on the Gydan peninsula.
The company completed the second GBS despite sanctions by the US and the EU related to the Arctic LNG 2 project and LNG carriers.
The first GBS left the Belokamenka yard in July last year and Novatek completed the installation on the underbase foundation on the seabed at the Utrenniy terminal in August.
The first and second GBS each have a capacity of about 6.6 mtpa.
