Russian independent natural gas producer Novatek has sold the first gas condensate cargo sourced from Yamal LNG via a tender, according to Reuters.
The first cargo loaded contained 18,000 tonnes, according to a Novatek spokesman. International sources report Vitol as the buyer.
Operated by a joint-venture of Novatek (50.1%), French Total (20%), CNPC (20%) and Silk Road Fund (9.9%), the project consists of construction of an LNG plant with an output capacity of around 16.5 million tons per year. Yamal commenced LNG production at the first LNG train on 4 December.
The project is expected to produce around 16.5 million tonnes of LNG per year. The first LNG cargo, containing 170 thousand cubic meters, was sold to Petronas LNG UK Limited (PLUK).
Yamal LNG is expected to produce over 1 million tonnes of gas condensate per year.