据俄罗斯油气网7月16日莫斯科报道，俄罗斯工业和贸易部长丹尼斯?曼图罗夫对采访他的媒体记者表示，俄罗斯已拨款近500亿卢布(8亿美元)为北极液化天然气（LNG）-2项目建造LNG运输船，这个项目预计将在2023年启动。曼图罗夫说，由俄罗斯石油公司（Rosneft）牵头的Zvezda造船厂将与俄罗斯航运公司Sovkomflot共同建造这些LNG运输船。

俄新社援引曼图罗夫的话报道说：“我只能说，考虑到15艘LNG运输船，拨款总额大约为500亿卢布，但最终的计算结果还没有出来。”

作为全球主要的常规天然气生产国和出口国的俄罗斯在美国制裁所带来的压力不断升级之际打算提高LNG的潜力。2017年，特朗普政府推动欧洲放弃与俄罗斯的数十亿美元能源项目，包括北溪-2管道。

拥有世界上最大天然气储量的俄罗斯目前拥有2个LNG厂，其中包括俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司领导的位于萨哈林岛的具有960万吨LNG年产能的萨哈林LNG厂以及拥有3条生产线的亚马尔LNG厂，后者拥有6830亿立方米探明天然气储量。

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

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Russia plans to allocate $800 million for LNG tankers

Neftegaz.RU. Nearly 50 billion Russian rubles ($800 million) have already been allocated to construct LNG carriers for the Arctic LNG 2 project, expected to start in 2023. Denis Manturov, Russia’s industry and trade minister, told journalists about government support to the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, a Rosneft-led shipyard that together with Russia’s shipping company Sovkomflot, will construct the vessels.

“I can only say that approximately the total amount of subsidies, taking into account 15 gas carriers, will be about 50 billion rubles, but the final calculation has not yet been made,” RIA quoted Manturov as saying.

Russia, as a leading global producer and exporter of conventional gas, intends to grow its LNG potential amid the escalating pressure coming from Washington reflected in sanctions. In 2017, the Trump Administration released the Countering American Adversaries Through Sanctions Act in order to push for Europe to abandon multi-billion energy projects with Russia, including the Nord Stream-2 underwater pipeline.

Russia, holding the world’s largest gas reserves, currently possess 2 LNG plants, including the Gazprom-led Sakhalin LNG plant situated on Sakhalin Island, which has an annual capacity of 9.6 million tons of LNG; and the 3-train Yamal LNG plant, which has proven reserves of 683 bcm of gas.