Ust-Luga

Coordinates: 59°39′37″N 28°16′37″E / 59.66028°N 28.27694°E / 59.66028; 28.27694
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Ust-Luga
Усть-Луга
Village
Ust Luga village, 2022
Ust Luga village, 2022
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Ust-Luga (

Luga River near its entry into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of Saint Petersburg
.

Since the embargo on Russian oil exports, Ust-Luga port in addition to Primorsk, Murmansk and Novorossiysk is main port for Russian shadow fleet of tankers.[citation needed]

Port of Ust-Luga

Ust-Luga is the site of an important coal and fertiliser terminal. Constructed at a cost of $2.1 billion, work started in 1997, in part to avoid having to ship dry cargo via the newly independent

Second Baltic Pipeline,[3] an oil transportation route bypassing Belarus
.

The Ust-Luga container terminal was opened in December 2011, and is operated by the National Container Company.[4] The port adjoins the Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex, which allows for rapid freight handling on site. In 2018, the port handled 98.7 million tonnes of cargo.[5]

In October 2021, Gazprom and RusGazDobycha announced they would build a plant at Ust-Luga to process ethane-containing natural gas, and a large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant, Baltic LNG, with a capacity of 13 million tonnes of LNG per year.[6][7] High-ethane gas from the Tambeyskoye gas field, and the Achimov and Valanginian deposits of the Nadym-Pur-Taz region, will supply the plant.[8][9]

Ust-Luga port is affected by an embargo on Russian oil exports, but also one of the main port for Russian shadow fleet of tankers.[10]

The Ust-Luga oil terminal, operated by Novatek, was attacked by a Ukrainian aerial drone on the night of 21 January 2024, as a part of the hostilities resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing a fire that forced the suspension of some operations.[11]

Population

As of 2005, the population of Ust-Luga did not exceed 2,000, but the port administration expected it to grow to 34,000 by 2025.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Linnart, Mart (29 January 2024). "Experts: Ust-Luga Port Attack Had Psychological Impact on Russia". ERR. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Vladimir Putin Opens a New Terminal". Archived from the original on Sep 5, 2008. Retrieved Oct 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ust-Luga to Be Oil Pipeline System Route's Final Point". www.redorbit.com. Retrieved Oct 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ленобласть одарит инвесторов льготами". Kommersant. 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Throughput of Russian seaports in 2018 grew by 3.8% Y-o-Y to 816.5 million tonnes (detalization)". PortNews. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  6. ^ "Gazprom aiming to expand liquefied natural gas production for foreign and domestic markets" (Press release). Gazprom. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. ^ Afanasiev, Vladimir (22 September 2021). "State lifeline: Russia promises 2 billion to Baltic LNG project". Upstream. Oslo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Gazprom and RusGazDobycha create joint venture to develop Tambeyskoye field in Yamal". Gazprom. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Complex for processing ethane-containing gas and LNG production in Leningrad Region". Gazprom. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Russian crude oil tracker". PubAffairs Bruxelles. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  11. ^ Soldatkin, Vladimir (22 January 2024). "What is Novatek's Ust-Luga fuel terminal and why was it attacked?". Reuters. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  12. ^ Балтийское информационное агентство. Население нового города Усть-Луга в 2025 году составит 34,5 тысяч человек Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

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