Gas Processing News

Novatek launches small-scale LNG plant in Magnitogorsk Russian independent LNG producer Novatek recently launched its first small-scale LNG plant in the Chelyabinsk region. The plant has a design capacity  of 40,000 tpy. Novatek-Chelyabinsk, a wholly owned subsidiary, has commenced pilot LNG production at the facility. The LNG produced will be sold primarily as gas motor fuel, which represents the downstream market being actively developed by the company. Novatek will supply LNG to its branded refueling complexes for passenger, cargo transport and mining equipment in the Chelyabinsk region and neighboring areas. Novatek noted, “The use of liquefied natural gas as a motor fu