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1 September – 11 Octoberended

Russia’s shadow fleet expansion for gas exports

Throughout 2026, Russia significantly increased its shadow fleet for liquefied gas exports from 11 to at least 20 tankers, with China as the main buyer. This occurs despite international sanctions aimed at limiting Russian exports. The Arctic LNG-2 project achieved record gas production due to the fleet expansion.

  • 5 events
  • 28 sources
  • updated
Covered by 5 of 6 media groups
  • Budget 2 sources
  • Public money 1 source
  • Media business 19 sources
  • Big capital 5 sources
  • Readers and grants not in the collected reports
  • Undisclosed 1 source

Chronology

10 October

2 October

9 September

1 September

5 of 5 events

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