Russian hydrocarbon (Oil and Gas and Coal) Industry: News #4

I do see that Russia must do something about TAP pipelines, and the houthis should be assisted as the red sea closure is favorable for Russia to force NSR as the only remaining ship route

Arkanghelsk wrote:Russian LNG exports will be 60 BCM to Europe, (30BCM max capacity turk stream + LNG tanker supplies)
50+ BCM to China with increase flow in 2024 via Power of Siberia and tankers
And the rest of the supplies will go to 3rd countries via tankers and the new LNG ports

JohninMK wrote:Do we have any confirmation that Ukraine will actually stop gas transit in 3 days time when the contract expires?

kvs wrote:There is enough capacity for the Balkans but not for all of the EU. But the EU does not want any Russian gas, so its all fine.

Arkanghelsk wrote:Ust Luga will replace Nord Stream 2 completely, if the pipelines planned capacity was 55+ BCM, and Baltic LNG will produce 45 BCM, we talk a small difference

GarryB wrote:Interesting idea but I would just send ships with enough gas and oil for Kaliningrads needs and perhaps some extra they can sell for a decent profit. The rest I would redirect to Asia where the potential market is actually rather bigger than the European market and where the countries that receive the energy Russia sells can trade in other goods and not want to lecture Russia as to how it behaves and who it trades with.

Let their industry suffer and diminish for lack of cheap energy and pump cheap energy into Asia and Africa and central and south america and let those countries develop and grow and live a better life for a nice change.

Arkanghelsk wrote:Baltic LNG at Ust Luga will see 45 BCM per annum, loaded at the port onto tankers and sent to Europe
It's a lie that Europe doesn't want gas, they say so in public, but Spain, Italy, Germany, all continue to purchase gas, but they won't report tanker sales as it's much easier to hide it from their own idiot politicians
Ust Luga will replace Nord Stream 2 completely, if the pipelines planned capacity was 55+ BCM, and Baltic LNG will produce 45 BCM, we talk a small difference

Russia's Gazprom builds pilot LNG plant using own Gazprom MR technology

MOSCOW. May 31 (Interfax) - Gazprom has built a pilot plant to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) using its own Gazprom MR (GMR) technology, the Russian gas giant's flagship research center, VNIIGAZ reported.

"A number of important research and development projects were carried out in 2022 that make it possible to increase PJSC Gazprom's technological independence. A pilot plant to produce LNG using the domestic technology Gazprom MR was built at the trial facility," Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC said in a report.

Gazprom deputy CEO Oleg Aksyutin said earlier in the company's in-house magazine that this project "opens up possibilities for the implementation of Gazprom LNG projects based on its own technology."

The process was developed at Gazprom VNIIGAZ and Gazprom secured the patent for the technology in 2014.

Distinguishing features of the technology is preliminary cooling and liquefaction of gas using a multicomponent cooling agent containing primarily light hydrocarbons; supercooling through a nitrogen gas circuit; and balanced distribution of compressor equipment capacity with the possibility of using generic gas turbine drives.

"The advantages are that the technology is aimed at medium- and large-scale LNG production, and can work in various outside temperatures with maximum energy efficiency. The more energy efficient we are, the more competitive we will be in LNG production," Gazprom VNIIGAZ deputy CEO for development, Leonty Eder said on TV channel Rossiya24.

GMR is an enhanced process worth a mixed cooling agent that has low per-unit energy costs comparable to the most cost effective cycles in the world. The GMR process was developed, optimized and is well suited for liquefying natural gas on a large scale. All of the elements of the process use domestic equipment.