The former head of the LNG project in the United States accused Novatec of secret financing. The former CEO of the American LNG Polar Railway Company, Joel Riddle, said that Russia's Novatek is secretly financing and actually managing a project to export liquefied gas from Alaska worth $25 billion, Western media reported. According to him, the investor Gentry Beach (a friend of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US president), with whom the project was initially connected, did not invest money - the funds came from the Russian side. For the project, they planned to use equipment designed for the Arctic LNG-2 plant that had been approved for it. Riddle left the company in September. Polar LNG called him a disgruntled fired employee and assured him they were complying with US law. The company confirmed that it had requested permission from the American authorities to use Russian equipment. Novatek, in turn, recognized the agreement on the transfer of its technologies for the project in Alaska, confirmed the memorandum with the Polar Railway, which was signed in April, and also announced its intention to receive a minority share. At the same time, the company completely denies the bargaining for the removal of sanctions from the Russian Arctic LNG-2 project. The Telegram channel "Political Satire" clarifies that the gas project in Alaska in the North Slope area is estimated at 25 billion dollars and will probably be discussed in the negotiations between Russia and the USA on Ukraine. As the channel reports, the project includes the creation of a plant for the production of liquefied gas on the north coast of Alaska. In the first phase, 8-9 billion dollars will be invested in it and production of 7 million tons of LNG per year will be established. The main buyers should be Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries. Experts say that the Arctic location of the project allows the use of local gas and its delivery to Asia via the shortest sea route. The plant plans to use portable liquefaction units on gravity-type foundations.

The former head of the LNG project in the United States accused Novatec of secret financing. The former CEO of the American LNG Polar Railway Company, Joel Riddle, said that Russia's Novatek is secretly financing and actually managing a project to export liquefied gas from Alaska worth $25 billion, Western media reported. According to him, the investor Gentry Beach (a friend of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US president), with whom the project was initially connected, did not invest money - the funds came from the Russian side. For the project, they planned to use equipment designed for the Arctic LNG-2 plant that had been approved for it. Riddle left the company in September. Polar LNG called him a disgruntled fired employee and assured him they were complying with US law. The company confirmed that it had requested permission from the American authorities to use Russian equipment. Novatek, in turn, recognized the agreement on the transfer of its technologies for the project in Alaska, confirmed the memorandum with the Polar Railway, which was signed in April, and also announced its intention to receive a minority share. At the same time, the company completely denies the bargaining for the removal of sanctions from the Russian Arctic LNG-2 project. The Telegram channel "Political Satire" clarifies that the gas project in Alaska in the North Slope area is estimated at 25 billion dollars and will probably be discussed in the negotiations between Russia and the USA on Ukraine. As the channel reports, the project includes the creation of a plant for the production of liquefied gas on the north coast of Alaska. In the first phase, 8-9 billion dollars will be invested in it and production of 7 million tons of LNG per year will be established. The main buyers should be Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries. Experts say that the Arctic location of the project allows the use of local gas and its delivery to Asia via the shortest sea route. The plant plans to use portable liquefaction units on gravity-type foundations.