MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russian company Novatek will not resume gas condensate processing at its damaged complex in the Baltic Sea's port of Ust-Luga this month, at the very least, sources familiar with the maintenance schedule told Reuters on Tuesday.
Novatek did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Novatek on Jan. 21 was forced to suspend some operations at the Baltic Sea fuel export terminal at Ust-Luga as well as "technological processes" at a nearby fuel-producing complex due to a fire, started by what Ukrainian media said was a drone attack.
Novatek resumed fuel exports from the terminal on Jan. 24, loading gas condensate and oil products from its stockpiles.
The complex, launched in 2013, processes gas condensate into light and heavy naphtha, jet fuel, fuel oil and gasoil. It enables the company to ship oil products as well as gas condensate to international markets.
In 2022 the Ust-Luga complex processed 6.943 million metric tons of gas condensate into 6.825 million tons of end products, including 4.208 million tons of light and heavy naphtha, 1.052 million tons of jet fuel and 1.487 million tons of fuel oil and gasoil as well as 78,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
In 2023, gas condensate processing volumes rose to 7 million tons. (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Jason Neely)
