Novatek Chief Executive Leonid Mikhelson said on Dec. 16 his company had signed agreements with Japan’s Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Corp and Marubeni Corp. on the Arctic LNG-2 project.
Mikhelson said the agreements focused on potential gas production, gas liquefaction and LNG transport.
Novatek, Russia’s second-largest gas producer, is interested in LNG trading with the three Japanese trading companies, he said.
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