The two parties signed a memorandum of understanding today, aimed at signing deals for projects included in Rosneft’s portfolio.

Golar’s FLNG facilities in Latin America are amongst those eyed by Rosneft.

Analysts at RS Platou Markets said one could argue that the market already interpreted the Golar LNG risk as high prior to today’s development, thus “adding Russian counterparty risk to the mix may not be perceived comforting for the GLNG story”.

However,