Vysotsk LNG

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Vysotsk LNG, or Cryogas-Vysotsk, plant is a small operation with access to the Baltic Sea, owned by Novatek and Gazprombank. It started operation in 2019 and the two trains have a capacity of 0.67 MTPA. Plans are in place in 2023 to expand the operation to 0.9 MTPA. [1] [2] It is on a peninsula south of Vysotsk village, which also houses the "Lukoil-2" petroleum tank farm.

NASA's FIRMS detected the fire at the Vysotsk LNG terminal from 2024-05-17 23:16:00 (UTC) to 2024-05-20 00:20:00 (UTC) NASA FIRMS 2024-05-16 6days Vysotsk.gif
NASA's FIRMS detected the fire at the Vysotsk LNG terminal from 2024-05-17 23:16:00 (UTC) to 2024-05-20 00:20:00 (UTC)

On 19 May 2024 a social media OSINT account reported an extensive fire of unknown origin at the Vysotsk LNG terminal confirmed by NASA's FIRMS. [3]

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References

  1. "Capacity at Cryogas-Vysotsk LNG plant to rise to 900,000 tonnes/year in Q1 2024 - Novatek CEO". 12 September 2023.
  2. "Russia's Novatek reaches Vysotsk LNG production milestone". 29 September 2023.
  3. @UKikaski (19 May 2024). "Based on NASA FIRMS thermal imagery, there is a very large fire of unknown origin currently burning at the new (2019) Novatek Vysotsk LNG Terminal located at 60.600902, 28.557200 in Lenningrad Oblast, Russia. The fire appears to have been burning for 48-72 hours. Pic. 1 -- Aerial view of loading terminal and Island Pic 2 -- Current NASA FIRMS thermal Imagery (19/05/2024) Pic. 3 -- NASA FIRMS thermal Imagery on 18/05/2024" (Tweet) via Twitter.

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