A chair staggered under the cat from PJSC NOVATEK due to problems with the launch of the fourth line of Yamal LNG
14.05.2021
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Problems with the launch of the fourth line of Yamal LNG NOVATEK may lead to the resignation of Evgeny Kot — Deputy Chairman of the Board of the company and Director for LNG. The $0.5 billion project has not been able to move to commercial operation for more than a year, which causes dissatisfaction with the head of the company, Leonid Mikhelson. However, analysts note that in the global LNG industry, delays in the commissioning of — rather a typical phenomenon.
Deputy Chairman of the Board of NOVATEK — LNG Director Yevgeny Kot may soon leave the company, the telegram channel "Gaz-father" reported. and confirmed the sources “b”. His departure may be related to the delay in the launch of the fourth line of the Yamal LNG LNG plant. with a capacity of 0.9 million tons. The line was supposed to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2019, but commercial LNG production has not yet begun. Interlocutors “b” do not rule out other resignations. At NOVATEK, at the request of “b” did not answer.
Mr. Kot has been working at NOVATEK since 2002, in 2009–2011 he was Deputy Chairman of the Management Board — Director of the LNG Projects Development Department, in 2010-2014 he headed the board of directors of Yamal LNG, in 2014-2018 he worked as the General Director of the LNG plant. At the end of 2018, when the three main lines of Yamal LNG were launched, Evgeny Kot returned to the position of deputy chairman — Director for LNG.
Complexity of the fourth line of Yamal LNG lies in the fact that it is completely built on Russian equipment using NOVATEK's own patented technology "Arctic Cascade" applied for the first time. Interlocutors “b” For several months now, there has been talk that the fourth line cannot move from commissioning to commercial operation due to some fundamental problem. What exactly is the problem, the interlocutors “b” difficult to explain. On April 23, the head of NOVATEK, Leonid Mikhelson, announced that he was expecting the launch of the fourth line « within the next two or three weeks. In January 2019, he reported that the cost of building the fourth Yamal LNG line is about $0.5 billion.
At the same time, NOVATEK has so far decided to abandon further replication of the "Arctic cascade" technology, which he intended to apply for a larger project — "Ob LNG" with two lines of 2.5 million tons. As “b” On March 15, the company may repurpose the Ob LNG in Sabetta (4.8–5 million tons) for ammonia production.
Evgeny Anatolyevich Kot
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC NOVATEK – LNG Director
Graduated from the Tyumen Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Received a PhD in Economics from St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.
From 1997 to 2001, he worked at the Tyumen branch of KB Gazprombank. In 2001-2002 – OAO SNP NOVA, OAO NGK ITERA.
Moved to work at OAO NOVATEK; in 2002. In 2009-2011, he held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Management Board - Director of the Department for the Development of LNG Projects at NOVATEK OJSC. From 2010 to 2014 – Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Yamal LNG. From 2014 to 2018 – General Director of OAO Yamal LNG.
In December 2018, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of the Management Board – LNG Director of PJSC NOVATEK.
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