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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">voprecotest</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вопросы экономики</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Voprosy Ekonomiki</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0042-8736</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32609/0042-8736-2026-10-146-158</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">voprecotest-6059</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>НАУЧНЫЕ СООБЩЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RESEARCH NOTES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>О формировании российского ценового бенчмарка на СПГ на Азиатско-Тихоокеанском рынке</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>On establishing a Russian LNG price benchmark in the Asia-Pacific market</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8440-8771</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Катюха</surname><given-names>П. Б.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Katyukha</surname><given-names>P. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Катюха Павел Борисович, д. э. н., доцент, проф. кафедры отраслевых рынков факультета экономики и бизнеса, завкафедрой нефтегазотрейдинга и логистики</p><p>Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Pavel B. Katyukha </p><p>Moscow </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">PBKatyukha@fa.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7076-7691</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Назаров</surname><given-names>С. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nazarov</surname><given-names>S. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Назаров Степан Сергеевич, студент </p><p>Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Stepan S. Nazarov </p><p>Moscow </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">nazarovss_fa@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Финансовый университет при Правительстве РФ ; Российский государственный университет нефти и газа (национальный исследовательский университет) имени И. М. Губкина</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation ;  Gubkin University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Финансовый университет при Правительстве РФ</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>14</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>10</issue><fpage>146</fpage><lpage>158</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP, 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP</copyright-holder><license xlink:href="https://www.vopreco.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNotice" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>https://www.vopreco.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNotice</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.vopreco.ru/jour/article/view/6059">https://www.vopreco.ru/jour/article/view/6059</self-uri><abstract><p>Исследуются условия, при которых может быть сформирован российский ценовой ориентир на сжиженный природный газ (СПГ) для покупателей в Северо-Восточной Азии в условиях фрагментации мирового рынка энергоресурсов. Актуальность проблемы определяется ростом газовой конкуренции в ценообразовании, снижением репрезентативности западных котировок для российских поставок и расширением санкционных ограничений в отношении российского СПГ. Выделены четыре составляющие ценовой инфраструктуры: ценовой индикатор, бенчмарк, спотовый хаб и биржевой инструмент. На основании анализа проектов «Сахалин-2», «Ямал СПГ» и «Арктик СПГ 2», а также экспортных и перевалочных базисов российского СПГ показано, что Россия располагает физической экспортной базой для постановки вопроса о национальной ценовой оценке, но ее недостаточно для немедленного формирования полноценного рыночного бенчмарка. Основными ограничениями выступают низкая ликвидность спотового сегмента, олигопольная структура предложения, неоднородность логистических базисов, неполная прозрачность сделок и санкционная отрезанность от международной клиринговой инфраструктуры. Предложена четырехэтапная модель: расчетный нетбэк-индикатор для налогово-таможенного контура; независимая FOB-оценка по российским экспортным базисам; ограниченное контрактное применение с переходом к статусу бенчмарка; биржевое сопряжение и формирование деривативного контура. Такой индикатор сопоставляет фактическую экспортную цену с расчетной доходностью премиального направления поставок за вычетом затрат и выполняет фискально-прикладную функцию; административное назначение его обязательным контрактным ориентиром не предполагается. На среднесрочном горизонте возможно формирование российской FOB-оценки, в которой таможенная статистика выполняет контрольную, но не базовую ценовую функцию.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article examines the conditions under which a Russian price reference for liquefied natural gas (LNG) for buyers in Northeast Asia may be formed amid the fragmentation of global energy markets. The relevance of the issue stems from rising gas competition in pricing, the declining representativeness of Western price benchmarks for Russian supplies, and the expansion of sanctions restrictions on Russian LNG. The authors distinguish four elements of pricing infrastructure: a price indicator, a benchmark, a spot hub and an exchangetraded instrument. Based on the analysis of Sakhalin-2, Yamal LNG, Arctic LNG 2 and the Russian export and transshipment bases, the article shows that Russia has a physical export base for a national price assessment, but it is not sufficient for the immediate creation of a full market benchmark. The main constraints are low spot liquidity, oligopolistic supply, heterogeneous delivery bases, limited transaction transparency and sanctions-related isolation from international clearing infrastructure. The paper proposes a four-stage model: first, a calculated netback indicator for taxation and customs administration; second, an independent FOB assessment for specific Russian export bases; third, limited contractual use with a subsequent transition to benchmark status; and fourth, exchange linkage and the development of a derivatives framework. Such an indicator should compare the actual export price with the calculated yield of a premium export destination net of costs, thus serving a fiscal and applied function but not acting as an administratively assigned contractual reference. The realistic medium-term objective is to develop a Russian FOB price assessment in which customs statistics serves as a control rather than a primary pricing source.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>сжиженный природный газ (СПГ)</kwd><kwd>ценовой индикатор</kwd><kwd>бенчмарк JKM</kwd><kwd>азиатский рынок СПГ</kwd><kwd>спотовая торговля</kwd><kwd>санкционный режим</kwd><kwd>ликвидность рынка</kwd><kwd>базис поставки</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>liquefied natural gas</kwd><kwd>LNG</kwd><kwd>price indicator</kwd><kwd>JKM benchmark</kwd><kwd>Asian LNG market</kwd><kwd>spot trading</kwd><kwd>sanctions regime</kwd><kwd>market liquidity</kwd><kwd>delivery basis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Еремин С. В. (2019). Рынки природного газа в условиях международной экономической интеграции: учеб. пособие. 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