From LNG World News, Jan. 28:
South Korean shipyard are bracing for a jump in liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipbuilding contracts from Qatar.
Qatar is planning to order 60 new LNG carriers, Qatar’s energy minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said during a Korea-Qatar summit, according to a Reuters report.
The report cited Sung Leep Jung, Daewoo Shipbuilding
& Marine Engineering CEO as saying that most of the current Qatari
LNG fleet was built by the three major shipyards in South Korea.
South Korean shipyards are expecting the majority of the orders for new LNG carriers, it said....MORE
