Tanker loads cargo from Russia's Arctic LNG 2

SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A liquefied natural gas tanker has left Russia's Arctic LNG 2 after loading a cargo there, according to data from LSEG and analytics firm Kpler, as the project continues output despite Western sanctions over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The Buran tanker arrived at Arctic LNG 2 on October 13 and departed loaded on October 15, Kpler data showed. Shipping database Equasis lists the tanker's registered owner as LNG Alpha Shipping and its ship or commercial manager as Angara in Moscow.

Arctic LNG 2, 60%-owned by Russian gas producer Novatek NVTK.MM, had been set to become one of the country's largest LNG plants, with eventual output of 19.8 million metric tons a year, before it was placed under U.S. sanctions.

It has delivered nine cargoes to China's Beihai terminal in the southern region of Guangxi this year. While Western countries have sought to cripple Moscow's oil and gas sector to punish it for its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, China has ramped up energy imports from Russia.

Below are the tankers that have picked up LNG cargoes from the Arctic LNG 2 project in 2025, according to Kpler data:

Reuters could not find contact information for the registered owner and ship or commercial manager of each tanker at the time of its loading at Arctic LNG 2.