Crimea LNG Terminal

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Crimea LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in the Crimea, Ukraine. There has been no news about the project in more than four years, and it is presumed to be cancelled.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner: Gazprom; Petrel Resources
• Location: Crimea, Ukraine
• Coordinates: 45.3098595, 33.9329082 (approximate)
• Capacity: TBD
• Status: Cancelled
• Type: Export
• Start Year:

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

In 2018, Irish-based Petrel Resource submitted a proposal to Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom to develop a liquefied natural gas export facility on the Crimean Peninsula. The export terminal was to be fed primarily by a gas pipeline from existing discoveries in western Siberia and central Asia.

In June 2018 the Ukrainian embassy in Ireland warned Petrel that the Ukraine did not recognize Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, and urged the company not to build a terminal in a part of the Crimea controlled by Russia. Shortly thereafter, Petrel decided to withdraw from the project due to the threat of US sanctions.

As of June 2022, there had been no further news of the project in four years, and it was presumed to be cancelled.