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Novatek Set to Dock Second LNG Unit at Sanctioned Arctic Plant

  • Unit 2, accompanied by tug vessels, approached the plant: data
  • Journey across the eastern Arctic took some three weeks

Wellhead equipment at the Utrenneye field, the resource base for Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project.

Photographer: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
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Russian gas producer Novatek PJSC seems to be pushing ahead with an expansion project at its Arctic LNG 2 plant despite Western energy sanctions.

A small fleet of tug vessels towing a second production train has approached the site of the plant on Saturday, according to ship-tracking data. The platform left the construction site near Murmansk on July 25, taking a three-week journey across the eastern Arctic to arrive to the productions area, where the first train is already operating, the ship-tracking data shows.