Site map Contact us RU EN DE Contrast site version All Gazprom websites About Gazprom Investors Media Environment Social Responsibility Careers Gazprom today Governing bodies Production Gas and oil reserves Gas and oil production Transmission Underground Gas Storage Facilities Processing Power industry Gasification NGV fuel Projects Fields Gas pipelines Yamal megaproject Eastern Gas Program LNG projects Baltic LNG LNG regasification terminal in Kaliningrad Region Sakhalin II Vladivostok LNG project Marketing Strategy Subsidiaries History Legal information About Gazprom / Production / Projects / LNG projects / Sakhalin II Overview Photos Events Gazprom and Mitsui sign memorandum to cooperate in LNG bunkering studies Gazprom and KOGAS address prospects of boosting Russian LNG supplies to Korea All news items Site of company Sakhalin Energy Project specific news Eastern Gas Program Strategy Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East are top priority regions for Gazprom in the long term. The state policy on the gas industry development in Eastern Russia is outlined in the Development Program for an integrated gas production, transportation and supply system in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, taking into account potential gas exports to China and other Asia-Pacific countries (Eastern Gas Program). Gazprom serves as the Program coordinator. Sakhalin II project Enlarged photo (JPG, 390 KB) Project operator Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) is the Sakhalin II project operator. The Sakhalin Energy shareholders are listed below: Gazprom Sakhalin Holdings B.V. (a subsidiary of Gazprom – 50 per cent plus one share); Shell Sakhalin Holdings B.V. (a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. – 27.5 per cent minus one share); Mitsui Sakhalin Holdings B.V. (a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. – 12.5 per cent); Diamond Gas Sakhalin B.V. (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation – 10 per cent). History April 1994 Sakhalin Energy was established. June 22, 1994 Sakhalin Energy, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Sakhalin Region Administration signed the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) on developing the Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye oil and gas fields. 1996 Phase 1 was launched. 1999 First oil was produced from the Piltun-Astokhskoye field. 2003 Phase 2 was launched. 2006 Gazprom, Shell, Mitsui and Mitsubishi signed the Protocol on Gazprom’s joining Sakhalin Energy as the main shareholder. 2007 Gazprom and the Sakhalin Energy shareholders signed the Purchase and Sale Agreement, pursuant to which Gazprom acquired a 50 per cent stake plus 1 share in Sakhalin Energy. 2009 The first Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was commissioned in Sakhalin. Its annual capacity amounts to 9.6 million tons of LNG. LNG Plant (Tanker Loading Unit) Enlarged photo (JPG, 82 KB) Fields The Sakhalin II project stipulates phased development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye gas fields located 13–16 kilometers offshore the northeastern coast of the Sakhalin Island. Production platform at Lunskoye field, Sakhalin II project Enlarged photo (JPG, 198 KB) Sakhalin II project uniqueness What is liquefied natural gas Russia’s first LNG plant. Russia’s first PSA-based project. The first offshore oil and gas producing platforms installed in Russia. First sales of Russian gas in the Asia-Pacific energy markets. Construction of onshore pipeline Phase 1 Phase 1 was launched in 1996. It included oil extraction from the Astokhskaya area of the Piltun-Astokhskoye field using the Molikpaq offshore oil production platform. What are the features of offshore production Molikpaq platform (PA-A) Phase 2 Phase 2 of the Sakhalin II project was launched in 2003. It provided for the comprehensive development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye fields. Phase 2 included commissioning of the Piltun-Astokhskoye-B (PA-B) platform in the Piltunskaya area of the Piltun-Astokhskoye field and Lunskoye-A (LUN-A) at the Lunskoye field; hydrocarbon treatment at the onshore processing facility; oil and gas transportation from the island’s north to south via 800-kilometer onshore oil and gas pipelines; and LNG production. LNG offloading in Sakhalin Enlarged photo (JPG, 73 KB) Production Russia’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant became operational in 2009. Russia’s first LNG plant Enlarged photo (JPG, 124 KB) In 2015 Sakhalin Energy extracted 5.15 million tons (40.2 million barrels) of oil and produced 10.8 million tons of LNG. Prospects In 2015, Gazprom and Shell signed a Memorandum to construct the third production train of the LNG plant within Sakhalin II. The document sets target dates for the design stage and project implementation stage, as well as further steps and main principles for cooperation between the parties regarding project preparation for the final investment decision. © 2003–2016 GazpromContact us Accessibility Send... Print...