<article><p class="lead">The 14.8mn t/yr Isle of Grain LNG terminal has booked another Russian delivery for next week, bringing the UK's scheduled February Russian receipts to three. </p><p>The 172,600m³ <i>Nikolay Zubov</i> is expected at Isle of Grain on 11 February, having cast off from Sabetta yesterday. </p><p>The tanker will follow the 172,600m³ <i>Georgiy Ushakov</i>, which unloaded its Yamal cargo at Isle of Grain yesterday. One other Russian delivery — on board the 172,600m³ <i>Vladimir Voronin </i>— is scheduled at the 4mn t/yr Dragon facility for 10 February. Russia already made up most of the UK's receipts last month, accounting for six of the seven in total.</p><p>Yamal shipments to Europe climbed on the year in January. But 66pc of the cargoes were transshipped, leaving European receipts at 1.08mn t of LNG, down from 1.24mn t a year earlier. </p><p>Yamal's fourth 940,000 t/yr liquefaction train was commissioned last month, which could provide scope for stronger exports.</p><p class="bylines"><i>By Elaine Atwood</i></p></article>
