Tanker Seen Near Russia's Arctic LNG 2 for First Time in Months
A liquefied natural gas tanker appears to be heading to a Russian Arctic export plant sanctioned by the US, potentially Moscow's latest efforts to revive shipments from a facility idled for eight months.
The Iris, an LNG tanker previously known as North Sky, is on track to arrive at the Arctic LNG 2 facility later Thursday, ship-tracking data on Bloomberg show. The last time LNG was exported from Arctic LNG 2 was in October.
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