{{Short description|Project in the Gydan Peninsula, Russia}} {{Infobox company | name = Arctic LNG 2 LLC | former_name = | logo = | image = | image_size = | type = [[Limited liability company|LLC]] | founded = 5 June 2014 | founder = [[Novatek|PJSC Novatek]] | defunct = | fate = | successor = | location = [[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]], [[Novy Urengoy]] | key_people = [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] Oleg Karpushin | traded_as = | industry = | products = [[liquefied natural gas]], [[gas condensate]] | revenue = | net_income = | assets = | num_employees = | parent = [[Novatek]] | subsid = | website = {{URL|https://arcticspg.ru/}} }}
'''Arctic LNG 2''' ({{lang-ru|Арктик СПГ 2}}) is a [[Novatek]] project for the extraction of [[natural gas]] and the production of [[liquefied natural gas]] on the [[Gydan Peninsula]], across the [[Ob Bay]] from [[Yamal Peninsula|Yamal]].<ref name="Коммерсант">{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3391207|title=Total заправит «Арктик СПГ-2»|author=Яна Циноева|date=2017-08-23|publisher=Коммерсантъ|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230141/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3391207}}</ref><ref name="Kommersant">{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3149599|title=НОВАТЭК начал новый отсчет инвестиций. Вложения в "Арктик СПГ 2" составят более $10 млрд|author=Ольга Мордюшенко|date=2016-11-22|format=Газета "Коммерсантъ" №216|pages=10|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230225850/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3149599}}</ref>
== Description == Arctic LNG 2 is Novatek's second large scale LNG project after [[Yamal LNG]]. Its three trains, each with a planned capacity of 6 million tonnes per year, are expected to have a combined capacity of 19.8 million tonnes, or more than 27 billion cubic metres. The facility was planned to be commissioned in stages from 2023, with the first train scheduled for 2023, the second for 2024, and the third for 2026.
The project is expected to produce 19.8 million tonnes of LNG annually, compared with 16.5 million tonnes at Yamal LNG,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tass.ru/ekonomika/4797264|title=Путин заявил, что вторую и третью очереди "Ямал СПГ" могут запустить раньше срока|date=2017-12-08|publisher=ТАСС|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-date=2017-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092429/http://tass.ru/ekonomika/4797264}}</ref> as well as 1.6 million tonnes of stable [[gas condensate]]. [[File:Novatek’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2016-04-22 39.JPG|thumb|[[Leonid Mikhelson]] at Novatek's annual shareholders' meeting, 2016.]]
The project obtained licences for the {{ill|Salmanovskoye condensate field|lt=Salmanovskoye field|ru|Салмановское нефтегазоконденсатное месторождение}}<ref>[https://neftegaz.ru/tech_library/view/4578-Salmanovskoe-Utrennee-neftegazokondensatnoe-mestorozhdenie Салмановское (Утреннее) нефтегазоконденсатное месторождение] // Neftegaz.ru / {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092045/https://neftegaz.ru/tech_library/view/4578-Salmanovskoe-Utrennee-neftegazokondensatnoe-mestorozhdenie}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nftn.ru/oilfields/russian_oilfields/jamalo_neneckij_ao/salmanovskoe/7-1-0-1798 Салмановское месторождение, координаты] // nftn.ru / {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224233711/http://www.nftn.ru/oilfields/russian_oilfields/jamalo_neneckij_ao/salmanovskoe/7-1-0-1798}}</ref> and the Shtormovoye field,<ref>[https://neftegaz.ru/tech_library/view/5051-Shtormovoe-gazovoe-mestorozhdenie Штормовое газовое месторождение] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225145013/https://neftegaz.ru/tech_library/view/5051-Shtormovoe-gazovoe-mestorozhdenie}} / Neftegaz.ru technical library</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3395133|title=НОВАТЭК получил три газовых месторождения в ЯНАО|date=2017-08-25|publisher=Коммерсантъ|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-date=2017-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020627/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3395133}}</ref> and secured the right to export liquefied natural gas alongside Novatek's other projects: [[Yamal LNG]], [[Arctic LNG 1]], a planned project on the [[Gyda Peninsula|Gydan Peninsula]], and Arctic LNG 3, based on the North Ob federal licence block in the waters of the [[Gulf of Ob|Ob Bay]].
The project is being developed using [[gravity-based structure]]s. By shifting major construction work away from the field site itself, the developers said they would reduce the project's environmental impact.
In 2021, Utrenniy Airport was built to provide year-round transport for rotational personnel travelling to the Utrenneye field.
== History == For the project's shipping needs, 21 ice class [[LNG carrier]]s of the [[Arc7]] type were contracted: 15 from the [[Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex]] in Russia and six from [[Hanwha Ocean]] in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/russia-delivers-first-domestically-built-arc7-lng-carrier|title= Russia Delivers First Domestically-Built Arc7 LNG Carrier|website=The Maritime Executive|date=26 December 2025|accessdate=15 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upstreamonline.com/lng/hanwha-ocean-clarifies-that-six-arc7-lng-newbuildings-remain-at-yard/2-1-1695466|title=Hanwha Ocean clarifies that six Arc7 LNG newbuildings remain at yard|website=Upstream Online|date=20 August 2024|accessdate=15 March 2026}}</ref> On 24 October 2017, Novatek chairman [[Leonid Mikhelson]] said that the company had handed over the documentation required for the construction of fifteen Arctic class LNG carriers for Arctic LNG 2 to Zvezda Shipyard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ru.arctic.ru/infrastructure/20171024/684545.html |title=«Новатэк» передал «Звезде» документацию на строительство 15 СПГ-танкеров арктического класса / Arctic.ru |publisher=ru.arctic.ru |access-date=2017-12-30 |archive-date=2017-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103306/http://ru.arctic.ru/infrastructure/20171024/684545.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In January 2019, Novatek signed equipment supply contracts worth more than US$5 billion, or about one quarter of the project's projected cost.<ref>{{Cite journal |author = |editor= |format= |url= https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3861771 |title= НОВАТЭК законтрактовал четверть «Арктик СПГ-2» |type= |orig-year= | agency = |edition= Коммерсантъ |location= |date= |year= |publisher= |at= |volume= |issue= |number= |pages = |page= |series= |isbn = |issn = |doi = |bibcode = |arxiv = |pmid = |ref= |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205846/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3861771 |archive-date = 2019-01-27 |language= |quote= }}</ref>
In mid 2019, [[Sovcomflot]] and Zvezda Shipyard signed a contract for four additional LNG carriers to transport LNG from Arctic LNG 2. The vessels were to be delivered by 2025. The order was directly linked to plans for the rapid development of the eastern route, with a transshipment [[Transport hub|hub]] being built in [[Kamchatka]].<ref>[https://ria.ru/20190521/1553648393.html Газ с Ямала и его «поход на восток» как старт коммерческой эксплуатации СМП] // [[RIA Novosti]], 21 May 2019 / {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521141943/https://ria.ru/20190521/1553648393.html}}</ref>
In December 2019, SAREN, a joint venture of the Italian company [[Saipem]] and Turkey's Renaissance Construction, part of [[Rönesans Holding]], received a US$2.2 billion contract to build [[gravity-based structure]]s for the project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.interfax.ru/business/643044 |title=Saipem и Renaissance получили строительный подряд на "Арктик СПГ 2" на 2,2 млрд евро |language=ru |website=[[Interfax]] |date=2019-12-18 |access-date=2021-12-20 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214165317/https://www.interfax.ru/business/643044 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 28 June 2019, following a meeting between Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] and Japanese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]], an agreement was signed under which Japan would invest US$3 billion in the development of Arctic LNG 2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2656912.html |title=Япония инвестирует в «Арктик СПГ 2» около 3 млрд долларов |language=ru |website=ИА [[REGNUM]] |date=2019-06-29 |access-date=2019-07-01 |archive-date=2019-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630135009/https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2656912.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
By the end of 2020, the project was reported to be 32 percent complete, while the first train was 46 percent complete.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://www.novatek.ru/ru/business/arctic-lng/ |title=Проект «Арктик СПГ 2» |access-date=2021-02-22 |archive-date=2021-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125142213/https://www.novatek.ru/ru/business/arctic-lng/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In May 2021, a group of 39 European lawmakers, mostly from [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] in the [[European Parliament]], including [[Rasmus Andresen]], urged the leaders of [[Germany]], [[France]], and [[Italy]] in a letter to withdraw support for the US$21 billion Russian Arctic LNG project because of climate concerns.<ref>Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (May 19, 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-lawmakers-urge-france-germany-italy-ditch-arctic-lng-2-support-2021-05-19/ EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903123818/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-lawmakers-urge-france-germany-italy-ditch-arctic-lng-2-support-2021-05-19/}} // [[Reuters]]</ref>
By November 2021, output from Arctic LNG 2 for the plant's first two years of operation had already been sold, and contracts with deliveries beginning in 2025 and 2026 were under discussion.
By the end of 2021, the project was reported to be 59 percent complete, while the first train was 78 percent complete.<ref name=":5" />
[[Leonid Mikhelson]] said that the first train would be launched in 2023, the second in 2024, and the third in 2026, and he argued that the project's investments would in any case pay back three to four times over.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.interfax.ru/business/869846|title=НОВАТЭК получил основное оборудование по всем трем линиям "Арктик СПГ 2"|website=Interfax.ru|access-date=2022-10-28|archive-date=2022-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028041315/https://www.interfax.ru/business/869846|url-status=live}}</ref>
Journalists from ''[[Le Monde]]'' and ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' reported that, since February 2022, companies from the [[United Kingdom]], Italy, and the [[United States]] had shipped equipment for Arctic LNG 2 to Russia. Russian customs data indicated that equipment worth US$400 million had arrived from Europe since February of the previous year. According to the reports, this allowed Russia to complete the project's first production train on schedule in July 2023 despite sanctions.<ref>{{Cite news|title=How French group Technip Energies participated in a Russian gas megaproject despite international sanctions|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2023/10/19/how-french-group-technip-energies-participated-in-a-russian-gas-megaproject-despite-international-sanctions_6189214_8.html|website=Le Monde.fr|date=2023-10-19|access-date=2023-10-21|language=en|archive-date=2023-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021014800/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2023/10/19/how-french-group-technip-energies-participated-in-a-russian-gas-megaproject-despite-international-sanctions_6189214_8.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=(S+) Arctic LNG-2: Wie westliche Konzerne ein russisches Prestigeprojekt ermöglichten|first=Sophia|last=Baumann|url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/arctic-lng-2-wie-westliche-konzerne-ein-russisches-prestigeprojekt-ermoeglichten-a-75f86074-b87e-4ae4-be64-0e443591c2a4|website=Der Spiegel|id=2195-1349|date=2023-10-19|access-date=2023-10-21|language=de|archive-date=2023-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021000840/https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/arctic-lng-2-wie-westliche-konzerne-ein-russisches-prestigeprojekt-ermoeglichten-a-75f86074-b87e-4ae4-be64-0e443591c2a4|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2022, Mikhelson also said that Novatek had obtained all equipment needed for Arctic LNG 2 before sanctions were imposed and that the second and third trains would be launched on schedule.<ref>[https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/503535-ustojcivaa-plavucest-kak-mihel-son-stroit-arktik-spg-2-nesmotra-na-sankcii Устойчивая плавучесть: как Михельсон строит «Арктик СПГ 2», несмотря на санкции] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120014744/https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/503535-ustojcivaa-plavucest-kak-mihel-son-stroit-arktik-spg-2-nesmotra-na-sankcii}}, [[Forbes Russia]], 6 January 2024.</ref>
In December 2023, reports said that force majeure disruptions had affected supplies involving Chinese and Spanish participants.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/503383-fors-mazor-na-severe-spravitsa-li-novatek-s-sankciami-ssa-protiv-arktik-spg-2|title=Форс-мажор на севере: справится ли «Новатэк» с санкциями США против «Арктик СПГ 2»|language=ru|website=Forbes|date=2023-12-29|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315043821/https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/503383-fors-mazor-na-severe-spravitsa-li-novatek-s-sankciami-ssa-protiv-arktik-spg-2|url-status=live}}</ref> Sanctions also raised the possibility that the project could take longer than expected to reach full LNG capacity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6425739|title=«Арктик СПГ-2» теперь сам по себе|language=ru|website=Коммерсантъ|date=2023-12-25|access-date=2024-02-23|archive-date=2024-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223004112/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6425739|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Sanctions == On 14 September 2023, amid the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] added to its blocking sanctions list the companies providing construction and engineering services for Arctic LNG 2. Companies and vessels involved in the logistics chain used to transport LNG from [[Yamal LNG]] and Arctic LNG 2 were also sanctioned.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://neftegaz.ru/news/spg-szhizhennyy-prirodnyy-gaz/808905-inostrannye-aktsionery-proekta-arktik-spg-2-obyavili-fors-mazhor-po-uchastiyu-v-proekte/|title=Иностранные акционеры проекта Арктик СПГ-2 объявили форс-мажор по участию в проекте|language=ru|website=Neftegaz|date=2023-12-25|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315043835/https://neftegaz.ru/news/spg-szhizhennyy-prirodnyy-gaz/808905-inostrannye-aktsionery-proekta-arktik-spg-2-obyavili-fors-mazhor-po-uchastiyu-v-proekte/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neftegaz.ru/news/politics/800322-ssha-usilivayut-sanktsionnoe-davlenie-na-proekt-novateka-pod-sanktsii-popal-arktik-spg-2/|title=США усиливают санкционное давление на проект НОВАТЭКа. Под санкции попал Арктик СПГ-2|language=ru|website=Neftegaz|date=2023-11-03|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315050017/https://neftegaz.ru/news/politics/800322-ssha-usilivayut-sanktsionnoe-davlenie-na-proekt-novateka-pod-sanktsii-popal-arktik-spg-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teknoblog.ru/2023/09/15/121680|title=СПГ-проекты НОВАТЕКа под угрозой, под санкции попали подрядчики|language=ru|last=|website=ТЭКНОБЛОГ|date=2023-09-15|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref>
On 2 November 2023, Arctic LNG 2 itself was placed under U.S. blocking sanctions targeting Russia's energy production and export capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/taking-additional-sweeping-measures-against-russia/|title=Taking Additional Sweeping Measures Against Russia|language=en|website=United States Department of State|date=2023-11-02|access-date=2023-11-03|archive-date=2023-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102222233/https://www.state.gov/taking-additional-sweeping-measures-against-russia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moscowtimes.io/2023/11/02/update-1-ssha-vveli-sanktsii-protiv-arktik-spg-2-afk-sistema-spb-birzhi-a112137|title=США ввели санкции против Арктик СПГ-2, АФК Система, СПБ Биржи|language=ru|last=|website=Русская служба The Moscow Times|date=2023-11-02|access-date=2023-11-03|archive-date=2023-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103055629/https://www.moscowtimes.io/2023/11/02/update-1-ssha-vveli-sanktsii-protiv-arktik-spg-2-afk-sistema-spb-birzhi-a112137|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/ssa-vveli-sankcii-protiv-rossijskih-bankov-spb-birzi-i-mgtu-imeni-baumana/a-67289651|title=США ввели санкции против банков, "СПБ Биржи" и "Бауманки"|language=ru|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=2023-11-02|access-date=2023-11-03}}</ref>
On 22 February 2024, the project was added to the United Kingdom's sanctions list for operating in a sector considered strategically significant to the Russian government.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Великобритания расширила санкции. В список включён "Арктик СПГ-2"|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/velikobritaniya-rasshirila-sanktsii-v-spisok-vklyuchyon-arktik-spg-2-/32830808.html|website=Радио Свобода|date=2024-02-22|access-date=2024-02-23|language=ru|archive-date=2024-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223002200/https://www.svoboda.org/a/velikobritaniya-rasshirila-sanktsii-v-spisok-vklyuchyon-arktik-spg-2-/32830808.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2024/02/22/velikobritaniya-vvela-sanktsii-protiv-rukovodstva-alrosy-ugmk-mechela-i-novateka|title=Великобритания ввела санкции против руководства «Алросы», УГМК, «Мечела» и «Новатэка»|language=ru|website=Meduza|date=2024-02-22|access-date=2024-02-23|archive-date=2024-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223002629/https://meduza.io/news/2024/02/22/velikobritaniya-vvela-sanktsii-protiv-rukovodstva-alrosy-ugmk-mechela-i-novateka|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Impact === In 2022, after sanctions were imposed and access to Western technology and equipment was lost, the Russian authorities lowered their 2035 LNG production forecast from 140 million tonnes to 80 to 120 million tonnes. U.S. sanctions disrupted and severely complicated existing gas supply contracts as well as the chartering of LNG carriers. ''[[Kommersant]]'' reported that sanctions against Arctic LNG 2, whose first liquefaction train with a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes was expected to come online in early 2024, dismantled the project's logistics model, which had relied on transferring LNG to storage vessels in [[Murmansk]] and Kamchatka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6564364|title=Сжижение в окружении|language=ru|website=Коммерсантъ|date=2024-03-15|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314223641/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6564364|url-status=live}}</ref> U.S. sanctions also blocked the delivery of three completed vessels from [[Hanwha Ocean]] because their customer, structures linked to [[Sovcomflot]], had been placed under U.S. blocking sanctions. As a result, as of 2024, Novatek had no fleet available for shipments from Arctic LNG 2 despite the launch of the project's first train.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Редкий танкер доплывет до Гыдана |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6534474 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://thebell.io/wsj-uznala-detali-o-priostanovke-raboty-gazovogo-proekta-arktik-spg-2|title=WSJ узнала детали о приостановке работы газового проекта «Арктик СПГ-2»|language=ru|website=[[The Bell (newspaper)|The Bell]]|date=2024-04-14|access-date=2024-04-14|archive-date=2024-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414144519/https://thebell.io/wsj-uznala-detali-o-priostanovke-raboty-gazovogo-proekta-arktik-spg-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 21 December 2023, Novatek sent force majeure notices to prospective LNG buyers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moscowtimes.io/2023/12/25/inostrannye-aktsionery-arktik-spg-2-obyavili-fors-mazhor-po-svoim-dogovoram-v-proekte-kommersant-a117081|title=Иностранные акционеры Арктик СПГ-2 объявили форс-мажор по своим договорам в проекте -- Коммерсант|language=ru|last=|website=Русская служба The Moscow Times|date=2023-12-25|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315050017/https://www.moscowtimes.io/2023/12/25/inostrannye-aktsionery-arktik-spg-2-obyavili-fors-mazhor-po-svoim-dogovoram-v-proekte-kommersant-a117081|url-status=live}}</ref> The project's Chinese shareholders, [[China National Petroleum Corporation|CNPC]] and [[China National Offshore Oil Corporation|CNOOC]], appealed to the U.S. government for exemptions from the sanctions imposed on Arctic LNG 2.<ref name=":1" /> The Chinese, French, and Japanese shareholders in the project also declared force majeure and suspended their participation.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/20231225-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B3-2-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B8%D0%B7-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B0|title=Иностранные акционеры «Арктик СПГ-2» российского «Новатэка» заморозили свое участие в проекте из-за санкций США|language=ru|website=RFI|date=2023-12-25|access-date=2024-03-15|archive-date=2024-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315050016/https://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/20231225-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B3-2-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B8%D0%B7-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B0|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 2 April 2024, [[Reuters]] reported that Novatek had suspended production at Arctic LNG 2 because of sanctions and a shortage of tankers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2024/04/02/reuters-novatek-priostanovil-proizvodstvo-szhizhennogo-gaza-na-proekte-arktik-spg-2-iz-za-sanktsiy-i-nehvatki-tankerov|title=Reuters: «Новатэк» приостановил производство сжиженного газа на проекте «Арктик СПГ 2» из-за санкций и нехватки танкеров|language=ru|website=Meduza|access-date=2024-04-02|archive-date=2024-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402202409/https://meduza.io/news/2024/04/02/reuters-novatek-priostanovil-proizvodstvo-szhizhennogo-gaza-na-proekte-arktik-spg-2-iz-za-sanktsiy-i-nehvatki-tankerov|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', the project had effectively ceased operations because of U.S. sanctions, with the plant only recirculating gas that had already been produced.<ref name=":4" />
In 2025, systematic deliveries of LNG from the project to [[China]] began in August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2025/09/09/suda-uhodiat-v-ten.html|title=Суда уходят в тень: Китай увеличивает закупки российского газа с проекта под санкциями|language=ru|website=Российская газета|date=2025-09-09|access-date=2025-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oilcapital.ru/news/2025-09-09/arktik-spg-2-postavil-tretyu-partiyu-spg-v-kitay-5471895|title=«Арктик СПГ-2» поставил третью партию СПГ в Китай|language=ru|website=oilcapital.ru|access-date=2025-09-10}}</ref>
== Fleet == [[Novatek]] is building six Arc7 ice class [[LNG carrier]]s for the project.
Three of them, ''Pyotr Kapitsa'', ''Lev Landau'', and ''Zhores Alferov'', are being built for structures linked to [[Sovcomflot]]. The other three, ''Ilya Mechnikov'', ''Nikolay Semyonov'', and ''Nikolay Basov'', were ordered by the Japanese company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.<ref name=":2" /> In 2022, Hanwha terminated its contract with the Russian company because of payment difficulties, although construction of the LNG carriers continued.<ref name=":2" />
== Project participants == As of 2021, the project's participants were: * [[Novatek]] – 60% * [[TotalEnergies|Total]] – 10% * [[CNPC]] – 10% * [[CNOOC]] – 10% * Japan Arctic LNG, a consortium of [[Mitsui & Co.]] and [[JOGMEC]] – 10%
By December 2023, foreign companies had frozen their participation in the project because of sanctions imposed in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/kommersant-inostrannye-investory-zamorozili-ucastie-v-arktik-spg-2/a-67818673|title=Иностранные инвесторы заморозили участие в "Арктик СПГ 2"|language=ru|website=DW|date=2023-12-25|access-date=2024-04-14|archive-date=2024-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121083804/https://www.dw.com/ru/kommersant-inostrannye-investory-zamorozili-ucastie-v-arktik-spg-2/a-67818673|url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Arctic LNG 1]] * [[Yamal LNG]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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