Where is Yamal LNG Terminal?

Yamal LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Yamai Peninsula, Russia. It is made up of 4 tracked trains and phases.

Is Yamal LNG Terminal operating?

Yamal LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2017.

How much LNG can Yamal LNG Terminal handle?

Yamal LNG Terminal has 17.4 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 23.7 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Yamal LNG Terminal?

Yamal LNG Terminal is owned by Yamal LNG, and operated by Yamal LNG. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Yamal LNG Terminal — export terminal

At a glance

Country: Russia
State / province: Yamai Peninsula
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 4
Earliest start year: 2017
Latest start year: 2021
Coordinates: 71.2733° N, 72.0725° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130518
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Unit T1	Operating	5.5	7.48	2017	—	Not reported	Yamal LNG [100%]
Unit T2	Operating	5.5	7.48	2018	—	Not reported	Yamal LNG [100%]
Unit T3	Operating	5.5	7.48	2018	—	Not reported	Yamal LNG [100%]
Unit T4	Operating	0.9	1.22	2021	—	Not reported	Yamal LNG [100%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	4	17.4	23.7

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Yamal LNG100%

Operators

Yamal LNG

Location

Yamal LNG Terminal at 71.2733° N, 72.0725° E.

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Coordinates: 71.2733° N, 72.0725° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

No tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of this terminal in the current release.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Yamal LNG Terminal?: Yamal LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Yamai Peninsula, Russia. It is made up of 4 tracked trains and phases.
Is Yamal LNG Terminal operating?: Yamal LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2017.
How much LNG can Yamal LNG Terminal handle?: Yamal LNG Terminal has 17.4 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 23.7 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Yamal LNG Terminal?: Yamal LNG Terminal is owned by Yamal LNG, and operated by Yamal LNG. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

Liquefaction trains explained
A liquefaction train is one complete, self-contained refrigeration line that chills treated natural gas until it condenses, and a large modern train produces roughly 5 to 8 million tonnes of LNG a year.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
Reading a capacity figure without being misled
An LNG capacity figure is only meaningful alongside three qualifiers — which unit it is in, which project status it describes, and whether it is a design nameplate or actual output — and most disagreements between sources come from one of those being dropped.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.