LNG terminal and supply base for Murmansk
Murmansk Governor Dmitri Dmitriyenko has signed agreements on the development of a ten billion RUB LNG terminal, as well as a new oil and gas supply base, in the Kola Bay.
The two agreements were among a total of 21 investment agreements signed by regional authorities during the recent Murmansk Economic Forum. The agreements have a total value of 121 billion RUB, MBnews.ru reports.
The agreements, most of them linked with the development of the Shtokman gas field and the development of local infrastructure, confirm the current major investment interest in Murmansk.
Alone the agreement signed by the governor and the company BarentsGaz has a frame of ten billion RUB. According to a press release from the regional government, the BarentsGaz company is to develop an investment project on the construction of a base or reloading terminal for storage, reprocessing and shipments of LNG. The capacity of the terminal is to be three million tons, Oilru.com reports. It is to be located on the eastern shore of the Kola Bay, only about ten km from the City of Murmansk.
Among the other deals signed is an agreement with the United Shipbuilding Corporation on the construction of a new supply base. The new base is to facilitate supplies to hydrocarbon projects on the Arctic shelf. It will engage in the bunkering of ships, loading of goods, storage, repair operations and provision of necessary support for drilling missions on the shelf, Portnews.ru reports.
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