Chernomorsky LNG Terminal

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Chernomorsky LNG Terminal, also known as Черноморский СПГ, is a shelved (inferred 2 y) LNG export terminal in Russia.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chernomorsky LNG Terminal	Krasnodar Krai, Russia	44.1508652, 39.0370808 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Chernomorsky LNG Terminal	export	shelved (inferred 2 y)	1.5 mtpa	1.5 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Chernomorsky LNG Terminal	export	US$2,000,000,000	US$2,000,000,000

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Chernomorsky LNG Terminal	export	shelved (inferred 2 y)	–	–	–	–	2024 (shelved)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Chernomorsky LNG Terminal	export	shelved (inferred 2 y)	Gazprom PJSC [100%]	Gazprom PJSC [100.0%]	–

Background

According to Gazprom, the proposed Chernomorsky LNG facility is to be built near a Russian Black Sea port and fed with gas from the existing trunkline network; the facility is projected to produce between 500,000 and 1.5 million tonnes per year of LNG.

Chernomorsky LNG may be built by as early as 2025, according to Gazprom, although some sources report that this is an overly optimistic assessment. The terminal's main focus will be high-value LNG spot sales, such as ship bunkering and small scale LNG deliveries, to target locations with limited or no access to pipeline gas. The target consumers are countries along the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

In January 2022, this project was included in a report prepared for the 8th annual international LNG Congress of Russia. As of April 2024, there have not been any development updates since March 2022, and this project is presumed to be shelved.

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