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<p>It was a historical moment for Novatek and the Russian natural gas industry. Six years after construction started on the western shore of the Kola Bay, the first ever gravity-based structure for production of LNG left the plant in Belokamenka and set out into the Barents Sea.</p>
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<p><em>The first gravity-based structure built at the Belokamenka construction center was towed from the Kola Bay towards Gydan on the 21st of July. Video by Belokamenka51 on VK</em></p>
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<p>Vladimir Putin <a href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/borders/2023/07/vladimir-putin-arrive…; in the construction center located just few kilometers from the Murmansk City in the afternoon of the 20th of July and was shown around on site by Novatek leader Leonid Mikhelson. In the group was also Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis and Northwest Russia presidential envoy Aleksandr Gutsan.</p>
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<p>The visit to Belokamenka was followed by a <a href="http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71710" target="_blank">meeting</a> on the future development of the construction center. According to Putin, the new center must be used with “maximum effect” and developers must proceed “from achieved results towards future results.” In addition to Governor Chibis and Aleksandr Gutsan, the meeting was attended by Minister of the Far East and Arctic Aleksei Chekunkov, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak and Presidential Adviser Maksim Oreshkin.</p>
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<p>Novatek has already announced that the Belokamenka center will be used to build the projected <a href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2023/06/novatek-m… LNG plant</a>. Potentially, the construction center and its major dry docks can also be applied for military purposes.</p>
<p>The president now spends an overwhelming share of Russia’s state finances on the war against Ukraine, and revenues from the energy industry are of crucial importance.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the Arctic LNG projects developed by Novatek are of growing national interest as international sanctions have blocked Russia’s exports of pipeline gas to the EU.</p>
<p>Only few hours after Putin left Belokamenka, the 640,000 ton heavy and more than 110 meter high installation was towed out of the Kola Bay. It was a mighty sight for locals on land as five offshore support ships, two tugs and a rescue vessel accompanied the unit. That includes people in nearby Severomorsk, the headquarters city of the Northern Fleet.</p>
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<p>On Sunday morning, the ships had made it east of the Kildin island. The convoy will sail through the Kara Gate and into the Kara Sea before it makes it north of the Yamal Peninsula and into the Ob Bay. The voyage is more than 2,500 km long and will take more than a week.</p>
<p>Weather in the area is good with little winds. Judging from <a href="https://nsr.rosatom.ru/navigatsionnaya-i-gidrometinfomratsiya/karty-led…; target="_blank">maps</a> from Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, the ships can expect to encounter drifting sea-ice in the area north of the Yamal Peninsula.</p>
<p>The massive structure that is based on 14 modules delivered by manufacturers in Europe and China is a core part of the Arctic LNG 2 project. Another two similar structures are to be built in Belokamenka and towed to Utrenneye in Gydan. They will have a comprised annual production capacity of 19,8 million tons of LNG.</p>
<p>At least 4,000 workers have been hired to the job. Most of them are from China and Central Asian countries.</p>
<p>When in full swing, the Arctic LNG 2 is believed to employ about 15,000 people. Many of them will be based in a worker village in Utrenneye where a local airport and community infrastructure has been developed.</p>
<p>The Arctic LNG 2 is estimate to have an investment frame of about $21,3 billion. Novatek owns 60 percent of the project, while French energy company Total owns 10 percent, China’s CNPC - 10 percent, CNOOC - 10 percent and a consortium of Japan’s Mitsui <span class="amp">&</span> Co and JOGMEC - 10 percent.</p>
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