{"id":654734,"date":"2025-12-25T21:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654734\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:40:32","slug":"russia-delays-lng-expansion-plans-as-western-sanctions-bite-bloomberg-reports-united24-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654734\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Delays LNG Expansion Plans as\u00a0Western Sanctions Bite, Bloomberg Reports \u2014 UNITED24 Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia postponed plans to\u00a0significantly increase it\u00a0liquefied natural gas (LNG) output as\u00a0Western sanctions continue to\u00a0disrupt financing and technology access, Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-25\/sanctions-delay-russia-s-plan-to-triple-lng-output-novak-says\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on\u00a0December\u00a025.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said sanctions imposed on\u00a0Moscow have derailed plans to\u00a0expand LNG production to\u00a0100\u00a0million tons annually.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1b07b4ff403f16f61df838296b66eb26.png\" data- alt=\"Russian LNG Imports Soar in Europe. Why Is Gas Still Flowing Freely?\" width=\"1058\" height=\"596\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt class=\"sr-only\">Category<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/war-in-ukraine\" class=\"c-entry__category\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War in Ukraine<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/war-in-ukraine\/russian-lng-imports-soar-in-europe-why-is-gas-still-flowing-freely-5447\" class=\"u-link-overlay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian LNG Imports Soar in Europe. Why Is Gas Still Flowing Freely?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Jan 29, 2025 12:36\n        <\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Novak, Russia had aimed to\u00a0secure around 20% of\u00a0the global LNG market by\u00a02030. However, US\u00a0and allied sanctions have restricted access to\u00a0foreign funding and equipment and limited overseas deliveries, with the notable exception of\u00a0the Yamal LNG project operated by\u00a0Novatek.<\/p>\n<p>Russia became the second-largest supplier of LNG to China after Qatar in November, overtaking Australia, according to Chinese customs data reported by Bloomberg. Shipments more than doubled year over year, reaching approximately 1.6 million metric tons that month.<\/p>\n<p>Every article pushes back against disinformation. <b>Your support keeps our team in the field.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/donate?banner_variant=article_small_2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"f-btn f-btn--sm f-btn--primary\" rel=\"noopener\">DONATE NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Yamal LNG project, located on\u00a0the Yamal Peninsula and based on\u00a0the South Tambey gas field, remains Russia\u2019s flagship LNG facility. The plant has a\u00a0production capacity of\u00a0up\u00a0to\u00a016.5 million tons of\u00a0LNG per year and continues operating despite broader restrictions on\u00a0Russia\u2019s energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, it\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/ukraine-and-eu-open-new-energy-lifelines-with-two-gas-corridors-through-the-balkans-14468\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Ukraine and its European partners have launched two new cross-border routes for natural gas imports under the \u201cVertical Corridor\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/(x124-y42-w587-h331)-ee9506acb4a74005a41b4b58a1fc4910.webp.webp\" data- alt=\"Get the Weekly Digest\" width=\"1026\" height=\"577\" class=\"lazy\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/static\/build\/img\/logo.qJ-S0EWo.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"169\" height=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A clear, journalist-verified roundup of Ukraine\u2019s key stories\u2014cutting through misinformation to show what truly matters.<\/p>\n<p>\n                Related articles\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia postponed plans to\u00a0significantly increase it\u00a0liquefied natural gas (LNG) output as\u00a0Western sanctions continue to\u00a0disrupt financing and technology access,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[332],"class_list":{"0":"post-654734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-russia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115782381840588576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}