Novatek opens third Yamal LNG production line, begins ship-to-ship transfers in Norwegian waters

The Yamal LNG project's final main production line is up and running more than a year ahead of the original schedule.

Russia’s largest privately-owned natural gas company Novatek announced this week the opening of the third production line at its liquefied natural gas facility on the Yamal peninsula. Novatek had previously said that it aimed to open its third production train by early 2019. Like the first two trains, the third train has a capacity of 5.5 million tons of LNG per year and brings the facility’s capacity to 16.5 million tons.