Russia's exports of LNG in the first five months of the year declined by three per cent from a year earlier to 13.2 million tonnes, LSEG preliminary data showed on Monday, reflecting the impact of sanctions.
The United States has imposed sanctions on companies and vessels linked to Russia's new Arctic LNG 2 plant because of the war in Ukraine, effectively freezing the project because of the difficulty for Moscow in finding buyers.
US President Donald Trump has said he wants the European Union to buy more US LNG and that he will make more of it available.
In May alone, Russia's LNG exports were stable at 2.7 million tonnes, the same as a year earlier, according to LSEG data.
Russian LNG exports to Europe in January-May declined by 12 per cent year on year to 6.6 million tonnes, while supplies in May in this direction fell by 14.3 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes, after sanctions on trans-shipment took effect in March.
Novatek's Yamal LNG plant cut total exports in May by 0.6 per cent year on year to 1.61 million tonnes. In the first five months of the year, supplies from the plant were stable at 8.2 million tonnes.
Sakhalin-2, controlled by Gazprom, increased exports to 950,000 tonnes in May from 890,000 tonnes in the same month a year ago.
Exports from the project rose to 4.6 million tonnes year-to-date from 4.4 million in January-May 2024.
(Reporting by Oksana Kobzeva; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)