Yamal LNG produces over 21 mln tonnes of LNG in 2024

MOSCOW. June 18 (Interfax) - Yamal LNG produced over 21 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas in 2024, Novatek reported at its stand at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2025.

The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) had previously reported that 34.7 million tonnes of LNG were produced in Russia last year. Sakhalin Energy LLC shipped 10.2 million tonnes.

Most of the liquefied natural gas in Russia is produced in the Arctic zone, with production most efficient at subzero winter temperatures.

The Sakhalin Energy plants, co-owned by Gazprom and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi; Yamal LNG, whose participants are Novatek and TotalEnergies ; China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and SRF; Cryogas-Vysotsk; and Gazprom LNG Portovaya produce large-scale LNG in Russia.