LNG production at Sakhalin-2 increases 1% to 10.3 mln tonnes in 2025 - regional authorities
MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - LNG production at the Sakhalin-2 project increased 1% in 2025 to 10.3 million tonnes, according to materials from the regional authorities.
"According to data from Sakhalin Energy LLC, liquefied natural gas production as part of the Sakhalin-2 project amounted to 10.3 million tonnes in 2025 (101.1% of the 2024 level)," the materials said.
The data from the region and the project operator confirm previously published figures from Rosstat on LNG production in Russia's Far Eastern Federal District, which is almost entirely provided by this project: it increased 1% to 10.331 million tonnes compared to 10.212 million tonnes in 2024. The overwhelming majority of LNG production in this region comes from the Sakhalin-2 project (co-owners: Gazprom and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi). LNG from the project is sent mainly to the markets of Japan, South Korea and China. There are several small-scale liquefaction plants in the Far Eastern Federal District, but their contribution to the overall statistics is minimal.
"As part of the Sakhalin-2 project, scheduled shutdowns and major overhauls were carried out with an effective transition to interaction with Russian specialized service contractors under sanctions pressure, and the plan for hydrocarbon extraction and production was fulfilled," the materials said.
The Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye fields on the Sakhalin offshore shelf are being developed as part of Sakhalin-2. The project's LNG plant in Prigorodnoye in the south of the island was commissioned in 2009, and in 2010 it reached its full design capacity of 9.6 million tonnes of LNG per year. Subsequently, an optimization program increased its productivity.
In 2022, Sakhalin Energy announced a change in production strategy from the maximum offtake option to the rational development scenario. This approach is determined by external negative factors and the internal need to regulate field operations. This is necessary to reduce geological and technological risks, ensure stable production of liquefied natural gas, and extend the period of constant hydrocarbon production from the Lunskoye field, which is currently in a mature stage of its life cycle.
