Satellite images from August show two liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers docked at the port of Arctic LNG 2, a Russian LNG production mega-project sanctioned by the United States. Because they transmit false GPS coordinates and have links with opaque companies supposedly based in Dubai, these ships could be part of a "phantom fleet" being developed to export LNG and get around existing US sanctions. On August 23, the United States added the two LNG tankers to its list of sanctions.
