BEIJING: China has received its sixth shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, ship-tracking data from Kpler and LSEG showed on Tuesday.
The tanker Arctic Mulan discharged over 75,000 cubic meters of LNG at the Beihai terminal in Guangxi province, marking its second delivery to China since August 28. The vessel had loaded at Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East, a hub exclusively handling cargoes from Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project.
Another sanctioned tanker, Arctic Vostok, also loaded at Kamchatka, was spotted near China’s Hainan Island, though tracking data has not confirmed a docking. Two more tankers — La Perouse and Arctic Metagaz — are currently en route, carrying LNG from Siberia and Murmansk.
Despite Western sanctions, cargoes from Arctic LNG 2 continue to move, though the project’s future remains uncertain. The $21 billion plant, majority-owned by Novatek, was designed to produce 19.8 million metric tons annually.
By Reuters
