Two LNG vessels for Sakhalin II JV christened

Two 147,000 cubic-metre Moss-type LNG vessels were christened 'Grand Elena' and 'Grand Aniva' at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works.

The vessels are built for a joint venture established by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and JSC Sovcomflot, a Russian state-owned shipping company. The two vessels will be employed in the Sakhalin II Project over a 20-year contract term for LNG shipments from Sakhalin to various ports in Japan, Korea, and to Baja California, Mexico. The Sakhalin II Project is conducted by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company under a production sharing agreement with the Russian Federation for development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye oil and gas fields located northeast of Sakhalin Island and the production of hydrocarbons from these fields.

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