Affected by sanctions, foreign shareholders, including Chinese state -owned enterprises CNOOC and CNOOC, suspended the participation in the Arctic LNG project (Arctic LNG 2) to abandon the financing and inheritance of Russia's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) factoryResponsibility for contract.Two Chinese companies each hold 10%of the projects.
According to the Russian business newspaper quoted by Reuters (Kommersant) reported on Monday that according to the unknown Russian government sources, the above two Chinese companies and the French Dadar energy in France, which also held 10%of the projects, respectively.A consortium consisting of the company and Japan Mitsui Products Company and Jogmec all announced that they have participated in the project's pivotal resistance.
The project is controlled by Norwatek, Russia's largest liquefied natural gas producer, holding 60%of the shares of the project.
Novatak, CNOOC, Jogmec, and Da Dal did not immediately respond to the request of the comment.PetroChina and Mitsui refused to comment.
The newspaper stated that the suspension may lead to long -term contracts that may cause the Northern LNG project to lose LNG's supply, and Novarcock will have to raise funds for the project and sell sea transport natural gas in the spot market.
The initial investment of the Arctic LNG No. 2 project is US $ 21 billion (about S $ 27.7 billion), which is regarded as Russia to promote its global market share of LNG from 8%to 20%by 2030The key factor.However, after the West imposed sanctions on Russia, the company has faced difficulties in raising funds.
