Gazprom to sign memo with Linde for third line of Ust-Luga LNG plant

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Updated: Dec 24, 2021, 08:08 UTC

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The board of Russia's Gazprom has approved signing a memorandum with Linde and RusKhimAlyans to build a third line at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Gazprom said on Friday.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The board of Russia’s Gazprom has approved signing a memorandum with Linde and RusKhimAlyans to build a third line at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, Gazprom said on Friday.

The LNG plant is a part of a gas chemical complex that will include a plant with annual capacity to process 45 billion cubic metres of gas and a 13 million tonnes per year LNG plant. The complex is expected to start production in 2024-2025.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Oksana Kobzeva; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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