The United States intends to deprive Russia of the opportunity to implement projects in the production and export of liquefied natural gas (LNG), US Undersecretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said on April 8 at an event for the British edition of the Financial Times. Times.
“Our goal is to ensure that Arctic LNG 2 has no chance of success.”the US official said.
When asked directly, he refused to confirm his intentions to introduce new sanctions against the Russian oil and gas industry, but announced plans to prevent the export of Russian raw materials.
“We are extremely focused on ensuring that Russia does not have the opportunity to implement new projects to sell the gas it previously sent to Europe””Payette emphasized.
Recall that on November 2, 2023, the US Treasury included the company Arctic LNG-2 LLC, which is building a liquefied natural gas plant, on the sanctions list. All transactions with the Russian company had to be completed by January 31, 2024.
The Russian natural gas producer Novatek participated in the project (with a 60 percent stake), the Chinese CNPC and CNOOC, as well as the French corporation TotalEnergies and the Japanese consortium Japan Arctic LNG, with a 10 percent stake each.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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