据海上工程师网2021年10月22日报道，意大利最大的银行集团联合圣保罗银行(Intesa Sanpaolo)可能为俄罗斯第2大天然气公司诺瓦泰克的北极液化天然气（LNG）-2项目提供资金，尽管一些欧洲国家政府对俄罗斯这个大型天然气项目表现出不太热情的支持。
联合圣保罗银行旗下的俄罗斯分行Banca Intesa Russia董事长Antonio Fallico周三对路透社记者表示：“我们时下正在研究这项融资交易，尽管迄今还没有做出任何决定。”
Fallico表示，意大利国有出口信贷机构SACE已邀请该行考察这笔融资交易。 他说：“ 如果这家银行认为这个项目在某种程度上没有违反我们的政策，我们就会资助这个项目。 ”
Fallico 说，“这个项目是96-97%的脱碳…… 我们这里说的是天然气，不是石油。”
今年早些时候，诺瓦泰克股东批准了110亿美元的外部融资，用于北极项目，预计将在2023年开始生产LNG。
投资210亿美元的北极LNG-2项目在2019年获得最终投资批准，预计到2026年将达到每年近2000万吨的满负荷生产能力。
今年10月，这家俄罗斯最大的LNG生产商的高管访问了罗马，以争取支持。
米赫尔松在9月份曾表示，诺瓦泰克对三分之一的俄罗斯银行融资开放了信贷额度，并补充称，日本银行可能提供其余资金。
近几年来，气候游说团体要求机构投资者停止资助化石燃料公司的压力明显加大。
Fallico表示，联合圣保罗银行也在考虑资助在俄罗斯建设氢气生产厂的项目。
俄罗斯有雄心勃勃的计划，要成为所谓的蓝绿氢生产的世界领导者，目标是占全球份额的20%。
李峻 编译自 海上工程师网
原文如下：
Italian Bank Could Fund Novatek's Giant Arctic LNG 2 Project
Italy's biggest banking group Intesa Sanpaolo could help fund Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project even as some European governments show lukewarm support for the giant Russian gas project.
"We are studying the dossier ... though no decision has as yet been taken," Antonio Fallico, chairman of group unit Banca Intesa Russia, told Reuters align="justify"> Fallico said the bank had been invited to look at the financing deal by SACE, the state-owned Italian export credit agency.
"If the bank decides this project does not breach our policy in some way we'll do it," he said.
"This project is 96-97% decarbonized... we're talking of gas, not oil," Fallico said.
Earlier this year, Novatek shareholders approved external financing of $11 billion for the Arctic project, expected to start production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2023.
The $21 billion project, which received final investment approval in 2019, is expected to reach full capacity of almost 20 million tonnes per year in 2026.
In October, top management at Russia's largest LNG producer visited Rome to canvass support.
Mikhelson said in September Novatek had credit lines open for a third of the total financing from Russian banks, adding the Japanese banks could provide the rest.
The pressure align="justify"> Fallico said Banca Intesa was also looking at funding projects in Russia to build hydrogen production plants.
Russia has ambitious plans to become a world leader in the production of so-called blue and green hydrogen, targeting a global share of 20%.