Gazprom Studies LNG Route Via Arctic to Supply Asian Customers

OAO Gazprom, Russia’s natural-gas export monopoly, joined smaller producer OAO Novatek in testing an Arctic Sea route to Asia as the country seeks to increase supplies of liquefied natural gas.

Gazprom and OAO Sovcomflot, the country’s biggest shipper, will soon arrange test cargoes along the Northern Sea Route, the Moscow-based company said in an e-mailed statement.