For the same period, 126 LNG tanker shipments were dispatched. Most of the LNG was transhipped from the ice-class LNG carriers to conventional vessels in Norway and delivered to various markets. From the start of transhipment in November 2018, 123 ship-to-ship transfer operations have been conducted.
Yamal LNG is constructing a 17.4 million tpy natural gas liquefaction plant comprising three LNG trains of 5.5 million tpy each and one LNG train of 900 000 tpy, utilising the hydrocarbon resources of the South-Tambeyskoye field in the Russian Arctic. The first LNG train began production in 4Q17 and trains 2 and 3 in July 2018 and November 2018, respectively. Yamal LNG shareholders include PAO Novatek (50.1%), Total (20%), CNPC (20%), and the Silk Road Fund (9.9%).
