Mikhelson sees ‘year-round’ NSR navigation in 2023/2024 Russia’s Novatek plans to start up the third train at its 19.8 million mt/year Arctic LNG 2 project in 2025, CEO Leonid Mikhelson said May 17, earlier than previous guidance of 2026. Mikhelson told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin that the schedule for the project, which is currently under construction, had not been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. “Previously, we planned the third train in 2026, but now the trains will be launched in 2023, 2024, and 2025,” Mikhelson said, according to a transcript of the meeting posted to the Kremlin website. “Despite COVID-19, we did not deviate from the schedule of […]