A Russian-Japanese consortium was last week awarded the contract to develop Russia’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) Plant as part Sakhalin Energy’s multi-billion dollar Sakhalin II Phase 2 Project. The consortium members include Russia’s OAO Nipigaspererabothka (Nipigas) and the KhimEnergo consortium, and Japan’s Chiyoda Corporation and Toyo Engineering. The signing of the contract, which is…