Gazprom is currently building an LNG plant as part of the ethane-containing gas processing facility in Ust-Luga based on its own large-scale gas liquefaction technology, Deputy Chairman Vitaly Markelov told a forum. "Gazprom is constructing an LNG plant based on the Russian large-scale Gazprom DMR liquefaction technology with the use of domestic equipment developed through R&D," according to the presentation for Markelov’s address. As of the end of June 2026, the Ust-Luga complex was 80% complete. The facility will annually process 45 bln cubic meters of gas and produce 13.1 mln tons of liquefied natural gas, up to 3.6 mln tons of ethane fraction, up to 1.7 mln tons of liquefied petroleum gases, and 0.13 mln tons of pentane-hexane fraction. The start-up of the first and second trains of the LNG plant is planned for 2027 and 2028, respectively.