Russia delivers liquefied natural gas to China via the North Sea for the first time

Russia’s Gazprom announced on Friday that it has delivered liquefied natural gas to China for the first time via the Arctic Northern Sea route, which has become easier to navigate due to melting ice caused by global warming.

The Russian authorities hope that this route will make it possible to increase the transportation of hydrocarbons to Asia, at a time when Europeans say they want to end their dependence on Russia for energy.

The Russian state company said in a statement today: Gazprom has delivered liquefied natural gas of its own production for the first time along the Northern Sea Route
Gazprom added that the LNG tanker Veliky Novgorod, which left the portovia LNG terminal in northwestern Russia, finished unloading its cargo at the Tangshan port in northeastern China today.
It is noteworthy that the minister of the Russian Federation for the development of the Far East and the Arctic, Alexey chikunkov, stated earlier that the Northern Sea Route project will not have any negative impact on the Suez Canal, but will be a strategic opportunity for Arab shipping companies and ports.