Daewoo Shipbuilding builds 4 LNG tankers for Qatari gas project

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the
world's third-largest shipyard, said Friday that it has completed construction on
four liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, the last batch of ships to be used for
a Qatari gas project.

The ships will be delivered to Qatar in December this year and will supply gas to
the United States and Europe.
In 2003, state-run Qatar Gas Transportation Co. and U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil
Corp. launched a joint project to transfer a million tons of gas from Qatar to
Exxon Mobil's terminal in the U.S.
Qatar, the world's biggest LNG producer, has ordered a total of 53 LNG tankers
from three Korean shipyards including Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., 26 of which
were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding.
sam@yna.co.kr
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