LNG news: Russia

Russia is to build its first LNG plant at Prigorodnoye, Aniva Bay. The location is ice-free for most of the year and the contract has gone to a consortium of Russian companies and Toyo Engineering of Japan, and the plant will produce 9.6 million tons of LNG/year. A storage capacity of 100 000 m3 is to be installed and exported LNG will be loaded onto tankers in Aniva.