Russia's Sakhalin Energy shuts LNG train after equipment malfunction
Russia’s Sakhalin Energy has shut one of its two liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains after an equipment malfunction, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
The train in the far east of Russia was shut on May 17 due to the problem, with the firm now bringing forward the start of planned summer maintenance on the facility, she added.
“The preliminary cause is the malfunction of equipment. Currently we are conducting assessment and technical maintenance of the equipment,” she said, adding that the plant’s second LNG train was working normally.
An industry source earlier on Tuesday said that train 1 of the Sakhalin LNG-2 export plant was shut because of a “minor” issue and that it was expected to restart in the first-half of June.
The spokeswoman did not confirm which train had been closed or when it might restart.
The Sakhalin 2 project can produce 9.6 million tonnes of LNG a year on the Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin, according to the company’s website.
Equity holders in Sakhalin Energy include Russia’s Gazprom , oil major Royal Dutch Shell, Japan’s Mitsui and Mitsubishi Corp. (Reporting by Jessica Jaganathan and Florence Tan; Editing by Tom Hogue and Joseph Radford)
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