The status and future projections of LNG production and use

The status and future projections of LNG production and use in the Russian Arctic 2024 2 Working paper, 2024 The status and future projections of LNG production and use in the Russian Arctic Published by: Bellona Foundation, Vilnius Author: Ksenia Vakhrusheva About Bellona: The Bellona Foundation is an international environmental NGO working on the major climate and environmental problems. [...] 16 The status and future projections of LNG production 4 and use in the Russian Arctic Introduction Russia is the second largest natural gas producer in the world after the USA with a share of about 15% (638 billion m³ in 20231) of the total. [...] [in Russian] The status and future projections of LNG production 9 and use in the Russian Arctic Arctic LNG 2 is not the only large-scale LNG project planned in the Russian Arctic. [...] The recent annual rise in the number of Russian LNG-powered vessels due to the completion of new build ships has been compensated by the sale of vessels due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the following economic sanctions. [...] The provision and development of LNG bunkering facilities in the Arctic At the end of 2023, there were no LNG bunkering facilities in operation in the Russian Arctic, except for the LNG facility in the Port of Sabetta, which is used for filling LNG carriers with gas produced at the Yamal-LNG plant, owned by Novatek.