Siberian Gas by Way of London Rescues Chilly Boston

Cargo loaded from storage last topped up with LNG from Russia
Gaselys tanker expected to arrive in Boston on Jan. 22

A gas ring burns on a stove in London, U.K., on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. Electricity and gas supply plunged 4.9 percent, as the warmest October since 2006 curbed energy demand.
Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg

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By Rob Verdonck and Elena Mazneva

January 8, 2018 at 9:04 AM UTC

Updated on

January 8, 2018 at 12:40 PM UTC

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Not many people had expected the U.S. to turn to Europe for natural gas this winter.

Yet the polar chill that gripped the U.S. East Coast this month, and sent spot prices to records, has led to a tanker loading a cargo of liquefied natural gas in the U.K. for Boston, some of which was likely produced by a project in Siberia targeted by U.S. financial curbs.