Daily Memo: Russian LNG Shipment to China Tests US Sanctions

A vessel carrying liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant docked in China.

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Sanctions test. A vessel loaded with liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 plant, which is under U.S. sanctions, docked for the first time at China’s Beihai LNG terminal. Several cargoes have been loaded from Arctic 2 LNG over the past year, but fear of U.S. retaliation thus far has prevented any from being […]

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