MOSCOW, Jul 27 (PRIME) -- The first stage of Russia’s Yamal LNG liquefied natural gas plant is 94% ready and the entire project is 85% complete, independent gas producer Novatek CFO Mark Gyetvay said in a presentation seen by PRIME on Thursday.
Novatek Deputy CEO Denis Khramov said earlier that the launch of the plant’s first stage is scheduled for the second half of 2017.
The Yamal LNG project envisages construction of a 16.5-million-tonne LNG plant on the basis of the Yuzhno-Tambeiskoye field on the Yamal Peninsula. Novatek holds 50.1% in the project, France’s Total has 20%, China’s CNPC owns 20% and China’s Silk Road Fund holds 9.9%.
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