Sanctioned Russian Gas Plant Sends Cargo to Asia for First Time
- Everest Energy is taking the northern sea route: ship-data
- Moscow is looking for buyers willing to skirt US restrictions
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A sanctioned Russian liquefied natural gas export facility is sending a shipment to Asia for the first time, as Moscow continues a search for customers willing to take the fuel and circumvent US restrictions.
Everest Energy picked up a shipment from the Arctic LNG 2 plant in northeastern Russia over the weekend, and is currently on its way to Asia via the northern sea route, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The vessel was built in 2003, was also sanctioned by the US last month due to its connection to a suspected dark fleet, and had its shipping certificate permanently revoked by Palau last week.