The Ministry of Energy of Russia was given new powers on LNG

08.08.2021       

August 6, 2021, the Government of the Russian Federation amended the Regulations on the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation. By a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy of Russia is empowered to approve the criteria for classifying facilities for the production, storage and use of liquefied natural gas as small-scale facilities. developed by Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC. Introduced by the technical committee for standardization TC 23 "Equipment and technology for the production and processing of oil and gas". Approved and put into effect by order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology. The standard establishes general requirements for the design, construction, installation, reconstruction and operation of newly commissioned and reconstructed facilities for small-scale production and consumption of liquefied natural gas, designed to change the state of aggregation of natural gas (liquefaction and regasification) with the amount of liquefied natural gas at the facility not exceeding 200 tons, with a unit volume of a cryogenic tank not exceeding 260 m3, and with an overpressure in cryogenic tanks not exceeding 0.8 MPa.
The standard applies to:
natural gas per hour