For the first time, Gazprom has delivered liquefied natural gas to China via the northern waterway, reducing the delivery time by more than a week
According to Agence France Presse on September 15th, Russian energy giant Gazprom said on the 15th that the shrinking ice sheet makes navigation routes more feasible, and it has delivered liquefied natural gas for the first time to China via the northern waterway.
According to reports, Russian authorities hope that this route will help increase oil and gas supplies to Asia.
On June 18th, the first ship of the Caofeidian Xintian LNG project successfully arrived at the port in Tangshan, Hebei.
Gazprom said in a statement, "Our company has delivered its own produced liquefied natural gas for the first time through the northern waterway."
Compared to passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt, this waterway has shortened transportation time by more than a week.
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Gazprom said that the transport ship "Danovgorod" carrying liquefied natural gas departed from the Portovaya liquefied natural gas terminal on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia on August 14th and completed the unloading of goods at Tangshan Port in Hebei Province, China on September 15th.
Novatek, the second largest natural gas producer in Russia after Gazprom, transported natural gas to China via the same route in 2018.
Gazprom said that this route "significantly shortens the time required to provide liquefied natural gas to Asia Pacific countries.".