Russian liquefied natural gas in the US will be delivered by the French company Engie. Its Gaselys tanker was loaded on the Isle of Grain terminal in the UK immediately after the first LNG shipments from the Yamal LNG plant of NOVATEK were delivered there. In Boston, the cargo will arrive approximately on January 22. Quite frankly, this delivery is contrary to the US strategy, which recently positions itself as a gas supplier to the world market, rather than a buyer of imported fuel. But in the ambition intervened nature. Strong snowfalls and storms that hit the east coast of the United States led to a sharp increase in the price of LNG - in the first days of the new year it soared 2.1 times to $ 6,3 thousand. for 1 thousand cubic meters, writes "Kommersant". At the same time, reserves in the country's gas storage facilities are rapidly disappearing, and weather forecasters predict that the weather will last for a long time in the region. Thus, free Russian gas turned up to the Americans at the right time. And the Russian at the time of the contract with the US, he was de jure was not. He was first bought by the Malaysian Petronas, and then he survived several more traders' trades.

Analysts believe that this delivery should not inspire Gazprom with excessive optimism - as soon as the weather in the US is adjusted, the Americans will find a way to restore the gas balance without Russian aid. Although it can not be denied that direct deliveries of LNG through the North Atlantic would be beneficial to both Moscow and Washington. Frosts, snow and wind that swept the northeastern United States have been holding for more than a week. During this time, several dozen people were killed, there are interruptions in traffic and electricity supplies.