Climate Adaptation
Russia’s Yamal LNG Sends Early Shipment Via Arctic Route
- Christophe de Margerie tanker will deliver cargo to China
- Yamal LNG usually starts Northern Sea Route use in late June
A gas flare burns at the Yamal LNG plant in Sabetta, Russia.
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Russia’s biggest liquefied natural gas producer is sending the fuel across the Arctic to China more than a month earlier than usual as the ice that typically blocks the route thaws.