LNG from Arctic reaches Jiangsu

The first direct shipment of LNG from Russia's Arctic region to Asia was delivered to PetroChina's Rudong terminal in Jiangsu province on Thursday, the first time the gas has arrived in Asia directly via the Northern Sea Route since the Yamal LNG plant came online in December.

China National Petroleum Corp, the nation's largest oil and gas producer by annual output, had pledged to buy at least 3 million metric tons of LNG annually from the Yamal LNG project by 2019 to meet increasing fuel demand, said CNPC, which is an investor in the project.

The second LNG tanker bound for Asia, Eduard Toll, which departed on June 27, is expected to arrive at CNPC's Rudong LNG terminal on Friday.