Russia's Sakhalin Energy to provide carbon neutral LNG to Japan's Toho

Russia's Sakhalin Energy will deliver a carbon-neutral cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan's Toho Gas in October, the companies said on Tuesday, as they announced “ their intention of a strategic partnership”  in decarbonisation.

The partnership will begin with the delivery of the first carbon neutral/offset LNG cargo from the Sakhalin-2 project. Sakhalin is a pacific island that wants to become carbon neutral by 2025.

“The company’s decarbonisation initiatives are complex measures within production processes that will result in the delivery of the first carbon neutral LNG at the Sakhalin-2 project. Sakhalin Energy will continue moving in this direction, developing cooperation with the buyers in the Asia-Pacific, who place a big focus on the range of environmental issues”, said Roman Dashkov, Chief Executive Officer of Sakhalin Energy.

Carbon-neutral LNG is a nature based outcome by offsetting the carbon emissions from the LNG supply chain.