Tankers bearing sanctioned Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) have clustered together off Russia’s eastern coast, indicating that Moscow is struggling to sell the product amid Western restrictions, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 30.
Days before, commerical liquefication at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 came to a halt due to shipping difficulties imposed by Western sanctions.
Three of the tankers now anchored near Russia previously loaded cargo from the Arctic LNG 2 facility. The vessels — Nova Energy, Pioneer, and Asya Energy — are docked near the port of Nakhodka, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.
All three tankers have been sanctioned by the U.S. and the U.K.
Arctic LNG 2, owned by Russia’s Novatek company, was envisaged as Russia‘s largest LNG plant and a flagship project that would help the country become the world’s leading LNG producer. It aimed to produce almost 20 million metric tons of LNG per…
