The Russians are going for the LNG biznis big-time.
http://arctic.ru/infrastructure/20171024/684745.html"24 OCTOBER 2017
Novatek gives Zvezda construction documentation for 15 LNG Arctic tankers
Novatek has supplied Zvezda Shipyards with documentation necessary for the construction of 15 LNG Arctic tankers for Arctic LNG-2, TASS reports, citing Leonid Mikhelson, Novatek's chairman of the board.
"We are currently holding talks through Sovcomflot, and we have provided Zvezda Shipyards with all the documentation necessary for the construction of Arctic ships, which will bring LNG tankers ordered by our carriers to this trans-shipment point," Mikhelson said.
Earlier Mikhelson stated that Novatek is planning to use tankers built in Russia for its LNG projects, TASS writes. Before that, President Vladimir Putin said that oil companies should place more orders at the Zvezda Far East Shipyards, since it has the capacity to complete these orders."
https://www.kallanishenergy.com/2017/10/25/novatek-to-build-reloading-lng-terminal-in-russias-far-east/Novatek to build reloading LNG terminal in Russia’s Far East
October 25, 2017
Russia’s independent natural gas producer, Novatek, said Monday it entered an agreement with the Kamchatka Territorial Government to build a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Russia’s Far East.
The parties signed a cooperation agreement to create favorable economic and organizational conditions to construct the facility for reloading LNG from Arctic ice-class tankers to conventional LNG tankers on the East Coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Kallanish Energy learns.
Leonid Mikhelson, Novatek’s chairman, said the project “will optimize the logistics of LNG supplies from the Arctic region, stimulate usage of the Northern Sea Route, and create a new LNG supply hub for Asian-Pacific regional consumers.”