Russian gas producer Novatek and its partners plan to export an LNG cargo to Asia through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this month.

Novatek chief financial officer and deputy chairman of the management board Mark Gvetvay said that, with the commissioning of Russia's new nuclear-powered, 28,500-gt ice breaker Arktika, the company is scheduling its latest cargo for the year to ship in December

“We are pretty excited about the opportunity to continue using this facility to move our hydrocarbons to market,” he said during told dmg events'...