arctic lng 2

Explore the latest developments and challenges surrounding Russia’s Novatek Arctic LNG 2 project, a cornerstone in global energy and Arctic navigation.


Thursday, August 15, 2024
Shipping

Second ‘Dark-Fleet’ LNG Carrier Departs Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 Terminal

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — A second liquefied natural gas tanker left an export terminal in northern Russia that’s subject to US sanctions,

August 15, 2024
Total Views: 1865

Saturday, August 10, 2024
Shipping

Blink and You’ll Miss It: Russia Deploys Second ‘Stealth’ LNG Tanker to Sanctioned Gas Project

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia continues its game of Arctic hide and seek attempting to dispatch LNG carriers undetected to its sanctioned Arctic

August 10, 2024
Total Views: 6116

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Shipping

‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Carrier Reemerges Off Norway After Calling at Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A week after calling at Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Pioneer has

August 7, 2024
Total Views: 5442

Monday, August 5, 2024
Shipping

A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 5415

Shipping

Flex LNG CEO Kalleklev: Russia is Putting Together LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Will Find Buyers

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The first loading of liquefied natural gas aboard a “dark vessel” at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 confirms months of

August 5, 2024
Total Views: 1640

Saturday, August 3, 2024
Offshore

Exclusive: Russia Appears to Load First Arctic LNG 2 Cargo on ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessel

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek appears to have loaded the first cargo from its sanctioned Arctic

August 3, 2024
Total Views: 6939

Monday, July 29, 2024
Shipping

Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Production Hit by U.S. Sanctions

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russia’s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas in June cut processing at its Arctic LNG 2 facility to the lowest

July 29, 2024
Total Views: 2729

Friday, July 26, 2024
Offshore

Russia Launches World’s Largest Floating LNG Facility Under Military Protection

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russia isn’t taking any chances during the launch of its new flagship LNG project. Following ongoing Ukrainian operations

July 26, 2024
Total Views: 159616

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Shipping

Russia’s Novatek Readying Second Train of Arctic LNG 2 for Sailaway

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Russian LNG producer Novatek appears set to dispatch the next production line of its Arctic LNG 2 plant this week. 

July 24, 2024
Total Views: 1923

Monday, July 22, 2024
Shipping

Sanctions Effective in Stopping Russia’s Arctic LNG 2, Says U.S. Official

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – U.S. sanctions have proven successful in suspending production at Arctic LNG 2 and delaying the expansion of the project,

July 22, 2024
Total Views: 1149

Thursday, July 11, 2024
Offshore

Exit of Chinese Yard Stops Work at Russia’s Arctic LNG 2, Murmansk LNG Delayed Indefinitely

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. sanctions regime continues to curtail Russia’s flagship LNG project.  Days after Chinese company Wison New

July 11, 2024
Total Views: 1477

Monday, July 8, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Sanctions Send Russian LNG Modules Back to China’s Wison Yard

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – After a three-month odyssey aboard Chinese heavy lift vessel Wei Xiao Tian Shi, two Russia-bound LNG modules are headed

July 8, 2024
Total Views: 10621

Thursday, June 13, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Sanctions LNG Carriers and Chinese Yard to Disrupt Russian Energy Projects

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – New U.S. economic sanctions expand efforts to degrade Russia’s future energy production and export capacity. Measures

June 13, 2024
Total Views: 1096

Monday, May 13, 2024
Offshore

What EU Sanctions on Russian LNG Would Mean for Global Gas

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe and its allies have looked for ways to

May 13, 2024
Total Views: 1138

Friday, May 10, 2024
Shipping

Chinese Heavy Lift Vessel Carrying New Arctic LNG 2 Modules to Russia Despite Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Just days after the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four heavy lift vessels for carrying LNG technology to

May 10, 2024
Total Views: 5793

Monday, May 6, 2024
Shipping

EU Eyes Shipping, Violations in New Sanctions Package

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, May 6 (Reuters) – The European Union would ban trans-shipment of Russian LNG, the use of EUports by vessels

May 6, 2024
Total Views: 907

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Shipping

How Western Sanctions Are Strangling Putin’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years

May 5, 2024
Total Views: 1832

Thursday, May 2, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Targets Russia’s Arctic Shipping Capacity in Latest Round of Sanctions

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – In an effort to further disrupt Russia’s ability to develop Arctic gas and oil projects the U.S. State Department

May 2, 2024
Total Views: 1052

Thursday, April 25, 2024
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European Commission Expected to Propose New Sanctions on Russian LNG, Sources Say

By Julia Payne and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 25 (Reuters) – The European Commission’s next sanctions package is expected to propose

April 25, 2024
Total Views: 327

Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Russia’s Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 Suspends Gas Liquefaction, Sources Say

By Marwa Rashad and Vladimir Soldatkin LONDON/MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has

April 2, 2024
Total Views: 2151