Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 8

22-Feb-2010

QATAR

Naqilat Announces Delivery Of New LNG Carrier

Qatar Gas Transport Company (Naqilat) has announced the delivery of a new Q-Flex LNG carrier, the Al-Bahiya, built at Geoje Island in South Korea. The 210,000 cu ms capacity vessel will be chartered on a long term contract to Qatar Liquefied Gas Company for the shipping of LNG to China, Dubai and North America. Naqilats 11 Q-Flex ships are smaller than the Q-Max vessels, two...