Yamal LNG

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Yamal LNG ({{langx|ru|ОАО "Ямал СПГ"}}) is a joint venture led by Novatek based around a liquefied natural gas plant located in Sabetta at the north-east of the Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia, Russia. In addition to the LNG plant, the project includes production at the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas field, and the transport infrastructure, including the Sabetta seaport and airport.

History

File:Ceremony of loading of the first LNG tanker within the project of Yamal LNG.jpg

Yamal LNG project was proposed when the company with the same name and controlled by Gennady Timchenko and Pyotr Kolbin got a license for the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas field in 2005.

{{cite news |last1=Ребров |first1=Денис (Rebrov, Denis) |last2=Мордюшенко |first2=Ольга (Mordyushenko, Olga) |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1293419 |title=Геннадий Тимченко поделит газ с партнером: Новым совладельцем "Ямала СПГ" может стать Петр Колбин |trans-title=Gennady Timchenko will share gas with a partner: Pyotr Kolbin may become a new co-owner of Yamal LNG |language=ru |work=Kommersant |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=5 January 2021}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/323361/tretij_iz_gunvor |title=Третьим акционером Gunvor был "не принимающий решения" Петр Колбин: Колбину постоянно нужно быть на связи — ему всегда могут позвонить "старшие товарищи", иногда могут рекомендовать не пересекать границу |trans-title=The third shareholder of Gunvor was "no decision maker" Pyotr Kolbin: Kolbin constantly needs to be in touch - he can always be called by "senior comrades", sometimes they can recommend not to cross the border |language=ru |work=Vedomosti |date=8 October 2012 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011195809/http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/323361/tretij_iz_gunvor}} [http://www.compromat.ru/page_32599.htm Alt URL]

{{cite news |last=Шлейнов |first=Роман (Shleinov, Roman) |url=http://www.compromat.ru/page_28376.htm |title=Кто третий владелец "Гунвора"? Империя Геннадия Тимченко: друзья и знакомые премьер-министра особенно концентрируются вокруг нефти и газа. Но не забывают и о культуре |trans-title=Who is the third owner of "Gunvor"? The empire of Gennady Timchenko: friends and acquaintances of the Prime Minister are especially concentrated around oil and gas. But don't forget about culture |language=ru |work=Novaya Gazeta |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=15 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015042348/https://novayagazeta.ru/data/2009/113/00.html}}

{{cite news |last=Шлейнов |first=Роман (Shleinov, Roman) |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2012/10/08/tretij_iz_gunvor |title=Таинственным третьим владельцем Gunvor был петербуржец Петр Колбин: Как стало известно "Ведомостям", таинственным третьим владельцем Gunvor, чье имя долгие годы держалось в секрете, был петербуржец Петр Колбин, друг детства Геннадия Тимченко |trans-title=The mysterious third owner of Gunvor was Peter Kolbin from St. Petersburg: As it became known to Vedomosti, the mysterious third owner of Gunvor, whose name was kept secret for many years, was Peter Kolbin, a childhood friend of Gennady Timchenko |language=ru |work=Vedomosti |date=8 October 2012 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803011415/https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2012/10/08/tretij_iz_gunvor}}

{{cite news |url=https://tvrain.ru/news/puntins_childhood-417814/ |title=Бывший акционер Gunvor оказался другом детства Владимира Путина |trans-title=Former Gunvor shareholder turns out to be a childhood friend of Vladimir Putin |language=ru |work=Dozhd |access-date=5 January 2021}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.newsru.com/russia/26sep2016/putin_kolbin.html |title="Дождь": Тимченко вместе с другом детства Путина переписали элитную недвижимость на бабушку Кабаевой |trans-title="Rain": Timchenko, together with a childhood friend of Putin, rewrote elite real estate for Kabaeva's grandmother |language=ru |work=newsru.com |date=26 September 2016 |access-date=5 January 2021}}

{{cite news |last=Шлейнов |first=Роман (Shleinov, Roman) |url=http://www.compromat.ru/page_28694.htm |title=13. "Газпром" в окружении приятелей и родственников премьер-министра России |trans-title=13. Gazprom, surrounded by friends and relatives of the Russian Prime Minister |language=ru |work=Novaya Gazeta |date=23 December 2009 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=26 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226023532/https://novayagazeta.ru/data/2009/143/18.html}}

Novatek took control of Yamal LNG in 2009.

{{cite news| publisher = International Institute for Sustainable Development| url = https://www.iisd.org/gsi/sites/default/files/ffs_awc_russia_yamalprirazlomnoe_en.pdf| title = Government Support to Upstream Oil & Gas in Russia. How Subsidies Influence the Yamal LNG and Prirazlomnoe Projects| first1 = Lars Petter | last1 = Lunden| first2 = Daniel | last2 = Fjaertoft| date= July 2014| page = 13| access-date= 10 June 2018}}

Another project named Yamal LNG was proposed by Gazprom. In November 2008, Gazprom announced that it prepared a list of potential partners for the LNG plant of the Yamal project. Although the list was not disclosed, Gazprom indicated that ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips were included on the list. Also Royal Dutch Shell, Repsol YPF and Petro-Canada were mentioned as potential partners.

{{cite news| newspaper = Upstream Online| publisher = NHST Media Group| url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article166793.ece| title= Gazprom makes Yamal LNG partner list| date=18 November 2008| access-date=1 January 2009|url-access=subscription }}

In October 2010, the Novatek's project was chosen by the Russian government as a pilot project. The groundbreaking ceremony for the port construction was held in July 2012;

{{cite web| title = Port of Sabetta, Yamal Peninsula| url = http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/-port-sabetta-yamal-peninsula-russia| work = Ship Technology| access-date = 12 January 2015}}

however, construction of the port itself began in 2013.

{{cite news| url = http://barentsobserver.com/en/energy/2013/04/construction-sabetta-port-start-summer-17-04| title = Construction of Sabetta port to start this summer| access-date = 12 January 2015| first = Trude | last = Pettersen| work = Barents Observer| date = 17 April 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130423164646/http://barentsobserver.com/en/energy/2013/04/construction-sabetta-port-start-summer-17-04| archive-date = 2013-04-23| url-status = dead}}

As of 7 April 2014, the Yamal LNG OJSC is Novatek (60% stake), China's CNPC (20% stake) and France's Total (20% stake).{{cite news |author=News Service |url=https://www.znak.com/2014-04-07/glavnyy_gazovyy_proekt_na_yamale_rasshiryaet_navigaciyu_on_poluchit_perevalochnuyu_bazu_v_evrope |title=Главный газовый проект на Ямале расширяет навигацию. Он получит перевалочную базу в Европе |trans-title=The main gas project in Yamal is expanding navigation. It will receive a transshipment base in Europe |language=ru |work=Znak.com |date=7 April 2014 |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107054742/https://www.znak.com/2014-04-07/glavnyy_gazovyy_proekt_na_yamale_rasshiryaet_navigaciyu_on_poluchit_perevalochnuyu_bazu_v_evrope |url-status=dead }}

In December 2014, amid the 2014–15 Russian financial crisis, the Russian government gave a 150 billion rouble subsidy to the project.{{cite news|title=Russian crisis money for Yamal|url=http://barentsobserver.com/en/energy/2015/01/russian-crisis-money-yamal-05-01|access-date=12 January 2015|agency=Barents Observer|date=5 January 2015}}

The commercial operation of the port and first LNG train (LNG purification facility) were launched on 8 December 2017 by starting loading the first LNG carrier named after the late CEO of Total Christophe de Margerie. The loading was ceremonially launched by president Vladimir Putin in the presence of Saudi Arabia's energy minister Khalid al-Falih.

{{cite news| url = https://www.ft.com/content/515d451c-dc11-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482| date=2017-12-08| title = Russia ships first gas from $27bn Arctic project| first = Henry | last = Foy| newspaper = Financial Times| access-date = 2018-06-10|url-access=subscription }}

According to Novatek on 22 October 2019, the natural gas reserves in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug represent 80% of Russia's natural gas and 15% of the world's natural gas supply.{{cite web |url=https://www.novatek.ru/ru/press/releases/index.php?id_4=3507 |title=Пресс-релизы и мероприятия: Сообщение ПАО "НОВАТЭК" в отношении танкеров ледового класса Arc7 |trans-title=Press releases and events: Communication from PAO NOVATEK regarding Arc7 ice class tankers |work=Novatek website |location=Moscow |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022164959/https://www.novatek.ru/ru/press/releases/index.php?id_4=3507}}

In 2021, Yamal LNG was ranked no. 30 among 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle in the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI).Overland, I., Bourmistrov, A., Dale, B., Irlbacher‐Fox, S., Juraev, J., Podgaiskii, E., Stammler, F., Tsani, S., Vakulchuk, R. and Wilson, E.C. 2021. The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index: A method to rank heterogenous extractive industry companies for governance purposes. Business Strategy and the Environment. 30, 1623–1643. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bse.2698 The plant is expected to produce a total of 926 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas from the South Tambey field and is considered by some to be the 'crown jewel' of the Northern Sea Route.Conley, Heather A., et al. “Russia's Northern Sea Route Ambitions.” Maritime Futures: The Arctic and the Bering Strait Region, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2017, p. 7, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep23192.6. JSTOR website] Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Technical description

The project cost is US$27 billion.{{cite web | url = http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Putin-May-Have-Last-Laugh-Over-Western-Sanctions.html | title = Putin May Have Last Laugh Over Western Sanctions|date = 2 April 2015 |access-date = 6 April 2015 | website = Oilprice.com |last = Belsinski |first = Scott}}

The Yamal LNG plant will have three trains with total capacity of 16.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year when fully operational. The first train is operational at the end of 2017 and the full 3 train capacity is to be achieved by 2021.{{cite news | url = http://barentsobserver.com/en/energy/2015/02/partners-raise-bets-yamal-lng-11-02 | title = Partners raise bets in Yamal LNG |date = 11 February 2015 | access-date = 6 April 2015 | work = Barents Observer |last = Staalesen |first = Atle}} A second LNG Plant, named Artic LNG 2,{{cite web|title=Artic LNG 2|url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arctic_LNG_2_Terminal|publisher=Sourcewatch}} is also proposed at a site to east near the Gyda Peninsula, across the river Ob estuary from Sabetta

The plant was designed and commissioned by consortium of Technip and JGC Corporation, and Chiyoda.

{{cite news| agency = Platts| first = Rosemary | last = Griffin| url= http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/Moscow/Technip-JGC-win-tender-to-build-Russian-Yamal-21890981| title= Technip, JGC win tender to build Russian Yamal LNG plant| date= 1 April 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

In addition to the LNG plant, the project includes the construction of a seaport, airport and power plant. The power plant will be built by Technopromexport and its turbines will be supplied by Siemens. The power plant will have capacity of 380 MW(during ISO conditions) across its 8 turbines and it is to be operational by 2018.

{{cite news| newspaper = The Moscow Times | url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/siemens-to-supply-turbines-for-yamal-lng-power-plant/483358.html| title= Siemens to Supply Turbines for Yamal LNG Power Plant| date= 19 July 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

Construction of the port facilities started in September 2013.{{cite web| first = Andrey| last = Kalinin| publisher = Aker Arctic| url = http://www.akerarctic.fi/06_Kalinin.pdf| title = Seaport Sabetta| access-date = 25 July 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The LNG plant is supplied from the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas field. The main export market for LNG would be China.

{{cite news| first1 = Ilya | last1 = Arkhipov | first2 = Jake | last2 = Rudnitsky| agency = Bloomberg| url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-21/cnpc-to-join-novatek-s-yamal-lng-project-with-20-stake.html| title= CNPC to Join Novatek's Yamal LNG Project With 20% Stake| date= 21 July 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

LNG would be shipped to Asian markets through the Northeast Passage.

{{cite news| newspaper = The New York Times| first = Andrew E. | last = Kramer| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/business/energy-environment/polar-thaw-opens-shortcut-for-russian-natural-gas.html| title= Polar Thaw Opens Shortcut for Russian Natural Gas| date= 24 July 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is contracted to build up to sixteen Arc7 ice-class double acting gas tankers for the project.

{{cite news| newspaper = Downstream Today| agency = Interfax| url= http://www.downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=39995| title= Daewoo to Build Ice-Class Tankers for Yamal LNG| date= 5 July 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

Tankers will be chartered and operated by Sovcomflot.

{{cite news| work = World Maritime News| url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/87104/russia-sovcomflot-novatek-and-veb-to-cooperate-at-yamal-lng-project/| title= Russia: Sovcomflot, NOVATEK and VEB to Cooperate in Yamal LNG Project| date= 21 June 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

A 180 km railway line is being built, connecting Bovanenkovo to Sabetta.{{cite news|title=More details announced for the Arctic Northern Sea Route expansion|url=http://siberiantimes.com/business/siberianexport/news/n0062-more-details-announced-for-the-arctic-northern-sea-route-expansion/|access-date=12 January 2015|agency=Siberian Times|issue=16 December 2014}}

Ownership

The project is developed by JSC Yamal LNG. Novatek owns 50.1% stake in the company while Total S.A. and CNPC own 20% each with China's Silk Road Fund has signed agreement to purchase 9.9% stake.

{{cite news| first1 = Oksana | last1 = Kobzeva| first2 = Katya | last2 = Golubkova| work = Reuters| url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/russia-yamal-lng-china-idUSL5N11E38620150908| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160919144108/http://uk.reuters.com/article/russia-yamal-lng-china-idUSL5N11E38620150908| url-status= dead| archive-date= 19 September 2016| title= Russia's Sberbank says to decide on Yamal LNG financing terms by month-end| date= 8 September 2015| access-date= 27 October 2015}}

General director of the company was Gleb Luxemburg

{{cite news| agency = Platts| first = Rosemary | last = Griffin| url= http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/Paris/Russias-Yamal-LNG-to-fully-market-LNG-from-project-26959889| title= Russia's Yamal LNG to fully market LNG from project, take FID regardless of export rights| date= 22 May 2013| access-date= 25 July 2013}}

and from September 2014 Evgeny Kot has been appointed the CEO of Yamal LNG.

{{cite news| agency = Rusmininfo| first = Rhod | last = Mackenzie| url= http://rusmininfo.com/news/23-09-2014/e-kot-appointed-ceo-yamal-lng| title= E. Kot is appointed a CEO of Yamal LNG| date= 24 September 2014| access-date= 15 January 2016}}

= Funding =

Shareholders provided $10.5 billion the remaining coming as debt, with the Russian National Wealth Fund providing $2.6 billion, Russian banks $4 billion and Chinese banks $12 billion.{{cite web |title=Yamal LNG: an economic project under political pressure |url=https://www.frstrategie.org/en/publications/notes/yamal-lng-economic-project-under-political-pressure-2016 |date=4 August 2016}}

Icebreaker LNG carriers

Yamal LNG leases 15 Yamalmax class LNG tanker ships to export its gas. Each tanker is designed to operate year-round from the Yamal peninsula and to break ice up to 2.1 meters thick.{{Cite web |title=Fedor Litke icebreaker heads to Arctic mission {{!}} Marine & Offshore |url=https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/magazine/fedor-litke-icebreaker-heads-arctic-mission |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Icebreaking LNG carriers clear the way for Russian growth |url=https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/icebreaking-lng-carriers-clear-the-way-for-russian-growth-57724 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Riviera |language=En}} The ships are leased by Yamal LNG from four companies: Sovcomflot, one ship; MOL, three ships; Dynagas, five ships; and Teekay, six ships.{{cite web|url=https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/207525/teekay-cuts-steel-for-second-yamal-lng-icebreaker/|title=Teekay Cuts Steel for Second Yamal LNG Icebreaker - World Maritime News|website=worldmaritimenews.com|date=28 October 2016 }} The tankers were designed in Finland by Aker Arctic Technology Inc.{{cite news |author1=Eric Roston |title=Russia Is Building $320 Million Icebreakers to Carve New Arctic Routes: The 1,000-foot-long vessels for hauling liquefied natural gas can cut through ice up to 7 feet thick. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-09/russia-is-building-320-million-icebreakers-to-carve-new-arctic-routes |access-date=July 11, 2018 |work=Bloomberg |date=July 9, 2018}} and built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea.

The first icebreaker, Christophe de Margerie,{{cite web|url=https://www.ep.total.com/en/areas/liquefied-natural-gas/our-yamal-lng-project-russia/lng-ice-breaker-first-shipment-liquefied|title=An LNG Ice-Breaker: A First in the Shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas|date=10 August 2016|website=Exploration & Production}} traversed from Norway to South Korea across the Northern Sea Route in 19 days in August 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.turkishmaritime.com.tr/icebreaking-lng-carrier-completes-unescorted-journey-in-just-6-days-12-hours-31719h.htm|title=Icebreaking LNG Carrier Completes Unescorted Journey in Just 6 Days, 12 Hours|date=26 August 2017|website=TURKISH MARITIME}}

When ice precludes shipping along the Northern Sea Route, then the Fluxys terminal at Zeebrugge, Belgium, will serve Russia as the LNG port for the Asia-Pacific region.

=Ships=

{{main|Yamalmax}}

In service as of October 2019:{{cite web |title=TABLE-Latest Arc7 LNG ship delivers 1st cargo, another waits outside Yamal |website=Reuters |date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030212534/https://www.reuters.com/article/lng-yamal-shipping/table-latest-arc7-lng-ship-delivers-1st-cargo-another-waits-outside-yamal-idUSL5N2734OK |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lng-yamal-shipping/table-latest-arc7-lng-ship-delivers-1st-cargo-another-waits-outside-yamal-idUSL5N2734OK}}

  • Christophe de Margerie, Sovcomflot
  • Boris Vilkitsky, Dynagas
  • Fedor Litke, Dynagas
  • Eduard Toll, Teekay
  • Vladimir Rusanov, MOL{{cite web |title=Aker Arctic Technology Inc Newsletter |url=http://akerarctic.fi/sites/default/files/magazine-issue/fields/field_magazine_file/arctic_passion_news_1_2018.pdf |website=akerarctic.fi |publisher=Aker Arctic |access-date=July 11, 2018 |page=10 |date=March 2018 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711120849/http://akerarctic.fi/sites/default/files/magazine-issue/fields/field_magazine_file/arctic_passion_news_1_2018.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • Vladimir Vize, COSCO Shipping and MOL
  • Rudolf Samoylovich, Teekay
  • Nikolay Yevgenov, Teekay
  • Georgiy Brusilov, Dynagas
  • Boris Davydov, Dynagas
  • Nikolay Zubov, Dynagas
  • Vladimir Voronin, Teekay
  • Nikolay Urvantsev, MOL
  • Georgiy Ushakov, Teekay
  • Yakov Gakkel, Teekay

United States sanctions beginning September 2019

Following the 14 September 2019 attack by Iran on Saudi Arabian oil fields at Khurais and Abqaiq (Biqayq in Arabic) during the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis, the United States imposed sanctions under executive order 13846 against several companies including Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman and Ship Management Company Ltd and the Cosco Shipping Tanker Dalian (大連中遠海運油品運輸有限公司) which are two Cosco Shipping Company subsidiaries that are supporting LNG shipments from Sabetta.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-imposing-sanctions-on-chinese-entities-over-iranian-oil-pompeo-idUSKBN1WA1M6 |title=China criticizes new U.S. sanctions over Iranian oil deals |work=Reuters |date=25 September 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4103811 |title=США включили в санкционный список по Ирану китайские компании |trans-title=US includes Chinese companies on Iran sanctions list |language=ru |work=Kommersant |date=25 September 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020}} As of late September 2019, the Joint Venture TC LNG between the Cosco Shipping Tanker Dalian company (50% stake) and the Canadian firm Teekay is the China LNG Shipping Ltd (CLNG) which has more than one third of Sabetta's LNG ice fleet, six ARC7 LNG tankers: Eduard Toll ({{langx|ru|«Эдуард Толль»}}), Rudolf Samoilovich ({{langx|ru|«Рудольф Самойлович»}}), Nikolay Evgenov ({{langx|ru|«Николай Евгенов»}}), Vladimir Voronin ({{langx|ru|«Владимир Воронин»}}) all of which are operating, Georgy Ushakov ({{langx|ru|«Георгий Ушаков»}}) which is going to Sabetta after sea trials, and Yakov Gakkel ({{langx|ru|«Яков Гаккель»}}) which is under sea trials at a South Korean shipyard. Also affected are five ARC7 tankers which Dynagas will supply in a partnership between Sinotrans&CSC and CLNG (25.5% stake), as well as three ARC7 tankers from a joint venture between the Cosco subsidiary Shanghai LNG and Japan's MOL (株式会社商船三井). However, these former five and later three ARC7 tankers are not directly sanctioned but US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) rules require caution to be exercised in the former. Of the fifteen ARC7 tankers operating out of Sabetta, only Sovcomflot's Christophe de Margerie is not affected by the sanctions. Although these ships have been serviced at Honningsvåg, Norway, this will be phased out and future LNG tanker shipments along the Northern Sea Route may occur between Murmansk and Kamchatka in Russia coastal waters.{{cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4110332 |title=Российский СПГ атаковали рикошетом: Санкции США лишают "Ямал СПГ" трети флота |trans-title=Russian LNG ricochet attacked: US sanctions deprive Yamal LNG of a third of its fleet |language=ru |work=Kommersant |date=1 October 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20190925 |title=Iran-related Designations; Issuance of Iran-related Frequently Asked Question |work=United States Department of Treasury |date=25 September 2019 |access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/13846.pdf |title=Executive Order 13846 (6 August 2018) |work=United States Federal Register Vol 83 No 152 |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=4 January 2020}} On 30 January 2020, the United States lifted sanctions on Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) and its TC LNG.{{cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4134135 |title=США сняли санкции с компании—владельца танкеров для "Ямал СПГ" |trans-title=US lifts sanctions on the company that owns Yamal LNG tankers |language=ru |work=Kommersant |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=20 January 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Pamuk |first1=Humeyra |last2=Gardner |first2=Timothy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco-idUSKBN1ZU04I |title=U.S. lifts Iran sanctions on one unit of Chinese shipping giant COSCO |work=Reuters |date=30 January 2020 |access-date=4 January 2020}}

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