GBS platform of Arctic LNG 2 project's first LNG train installed at Gydan

MOSCOW. Aug 16 (Interfax) - The liquefied natural gas train on a gravity-based structure (GBS) comprising the first phase of the large-scale Arctic LNG 2 plant has been installed on the underbase foundation on the seabed at the Utrenny Terminal on the Gydan Peninsula, Novatek said in a press release.

The LNG train will now be hooked up to onshore upstream facilities to complete the commissioning activities and commence liquefaction operations.

The 6.6-mtpa process train was towed by sea from the LNG Construction Center in the Murmansk Region to the Gydan Peninsula and was installed on the underbase foundation built on the seabed near the shore. The unique marine towing operation took only 22 days to complete. The 330 m long, 152 m wide and 90 m high platform weighs 640,000 tonnes and is the heaviest object ever moved in the history of the global LNG industry.

The train consists of topside modules with the equipment to produce and offload liquefied natural gas and stable gas condensate, installed on a concrete gravity-based structure, which accommodates LNG and condensate storage tanks.

Construction of the Arctic LNG 2 project's second train is now at an advanced stage and work on the third train is starting, said Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson.

The Arctic LNG 2 project involves the construction of three LNG production trains with capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per year each.