Novatek to order in Turkey floating power plant for Arctic LNG-2

The power supply of the first line of the Arctic LNG-2 plant will be provided by a floating power plant with a capacity of up to 400 MW, powered by gas piston engines. Novatek, the operator of the project, intends to order such a station from the Turkish company Karpowership.
As goarctic.ru reports, this solution will eliminate the problem that arose due to the refusal of the American Baker Hughes to supply gas turbines to Russia, which are necessary for gas liquefaction and power supply of production lines of one of the largest domestic polar projects.
The LM9000 turbines were already contracted by Novatek: Baker Hughes was supposed to produce about 20 LM9000 turbines with a capacity of up to 75 MW for Arctic LNG-2, created on the basis of an engine for a Boeing 777 aircraft, but the deal fell through due to sanctions against Russia.
There were no domestic analogues – the Power Machines company operating in this niche offers industrial turbines with excess capacity for this project, so a Turkish manufacturer was chosen.
The issue of power supply of the second and third lines of the plant remains open. Perhaps this task will be solved during the redesign - by replacing turbines with electric drives (which will require the construction of additional power processing facilities); an alternative option is to continue cooperation with Karpowership and purchase new floating stations of Turkish production.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished