30NOV2018 - NEWS - LNG carrier Grand Elena struck a dock at the Sakhalin Energy project on the far eastern end of Russia on Tuesday

An LNG carrier laden with 145 cubic meters of gas struck a dock at the Sakhalin Energy project on the far eastern end of Russia on Tuesday, causing damage but no gas leaks or injuries. The vessel struck a loading dock at the terminal after loading LNG bound for Japan. The departure of the tanker, Grand Elena, has been delayed. The Sakhalin Energy project produces oil and natural gas from the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye gas field off the north-eastern coast of Sakhalin island. The project exports approximately 10 million tons of natural gas per year to Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan via the port of Prigorodnoye.

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