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- PAO NOVATEK (NVTK.ME) is Russia's largest independent natural gas producer engaged in the exploration, production, processing, and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. The company operates 26 fields primarily in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region (YNAO) in Western Siberia; produces natural gas, stable gas condensate, gas condensate refined products including light and heavy naphtha, jet fuel, heating oil, gasoil, diesel fuel, methanol, and petrol, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and crude oil; processes unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky Plant and stable gas condensate at the Ust-Luga Complex on the Baltic Sea; and provides transportation, geological and geophysical research, and other services. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Tarko-Sale, Russia, with key operations managed from Moscow, NOVATEK markets its products across Russia, Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, the Middle East, and other regions, including LNG from the Yamal LNG project with a nameplate capacity of 17.4 million tons per annum. In recent developments, the company reported marketable natural gas production up 2.1% and liquids up 11.5% in 2024, announced financial results for the first half of 2025 with total revenues of RR 804.3 billion, approved interim dividends in September 2025, and signed an agreement in June 2025 to develop the LNG fuel market.