Liquefied Natural Gas Plants - Sakhalin-II, North West Shelf Venture, Nigeria Lng, Yemen Lng, Rasgas, Atlantic Lng, Segas Lng, Qatargas (Paperback)

Chapters: Sakhalin-II, North West Shelf Venture, Nigeria LNG, Yemen LNG, RasGas, Atlantic LNG, SEGAS LNG, Qatargas, Baltic LNG, EG LNG, Malaysia LNG, LNG train, Oman LNG, Trunkline LNG, Brunei LNG, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 61. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sakhalin-2 (Russian: ) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, and associated infrastructure onshore. The project is managed and operated by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy). Sakhalin-2 includes the first liquefied natural gas plant in Russia. Therefore, the project is of vital importance to Russia's energy policy. This was seen as a reason why the foreign owners of the development were forced to sell a majority stake in the project to Russian gas company Gazprom. The development is situated in areas previously little touched by human activity, causing various groups to criticize the development activities and the impact they have on the local environment. The first ever Russian production sharing agreement was signed in the framework of the Sakhalin-2 project in 1994. Production began from the Molikpaq platform in the Piltun-Astokhskoye field in July 1999, and in September 1999 the first crude oil was exported. The consortium Sakhalin Energy had a contract to produce gas without a local partner. However, in 2005-2006 the consortium was heavily criticized due to environmental issues and the legal proceeding on violation of the Russian environmental regulations was proceeded. Under legal and political pressure, the consortium was forced to sell a majority stake to Gazprom. On 21 December 2006, Gazprom took control over a 50%-p...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18940