China receives 22 shipments of LNG from sanctioned Russian projects in 2025

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China receives 22 shipments of LNG from sanctioned Russian projects in 2025

SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (Reuters) - China received 22 shipments of liquefied natural gas $(LNG)$ last year from two export projects in Russia sanctioned by the United States and European Union, shiptracking data showed.

One shipment was from Portovaya and the rest were from the Arctic LNG 2 project, showed data from Kpler and LSEG.

The U.S. and EU have sanctioned the projects to curb revenue reaching Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Chinese state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) each own 10% of the Arctic LNG 2 project.

All of the shipments were delivered to the Beihai LNG Terminal in China's southwestern Guangxi region.

PipeChina - operator of the Beihai LNG Terminal - did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on a national holiday.

Below is a list of tankers that delivered the cargo to Beihai along with arrival dates, derived from Kpler data:

Tanker name (IMO number)

Arrival date

From Arctic LNG 2:

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

August 28

Voskhod (9953511)

September 6

Zarya (9953535)

September 9

Buran (9953509)

September 12

Iris (9953523)

September 16

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

September 22

Arctic Vostok (9216298)

September 30

La Perouse (9849887)

October 9

Arctic Metagaz (9243148)

October 14

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

October 17

Iris (9953523)

October 23

Arctic Vostok (9216298)

October 27

La Perouse (9849887)

October 30

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

November 11

Voskhod (9953511)

November 20

Arctic Pioneer (9256602)

November 22

Arctic Vostok (9216298)

November 26

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

December 4

Zarya (9953535)

December 11

Iris (9953523)

December 30

Arctic Mulan (9864837)

December 31

From Portovaya LNG:

Valera (9630004)

December 8

Reuters could not find contact information for the owners or managers of the tankers.

(Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

((emily.chow@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: emily.chow.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

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