Russia’s Novatek is set to start exporting LNG from its third 5.5 million mt/year train at the Yamal LNG project by the end of 2018, CEO Leonid Mikhelson said late Monday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The LNG producer has brought all of its Yamal LNG trains on track ahead of schedule, with guidance previously stating that the third train would begin commercial operations at the start of 2019. Speaking on the sidelines of the Gastech conference in Barcelona, Mikhelson said Novatek could review its strategy to reach 57 million mt/year of LNG production by 2030 in the coming years as it continues to expand its already huge gas resource base in northern Russia. He also said he expected some 80% of its future LNG production to serve the Asian market, with future sales to China in the local Yuan […]