Qatargas, Nakilat receives flagship LNG carrier
Posted:06 October 2008
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Qatargas and Nakilat have received the delivery of ‘Mozah,’ the world’s largest LNG carrier at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on Geoje Island last week.
Mozah, world’s first Q-Max category vessel, joins Nakilat’s growing fleet of LNG carriers to transport super-cooled gas produced by Qatargas 2 to customers in Europe.
Q-Flex and the even larger Q-Max are a new generation of LNG mega-ships. Q-Max has 80% more capacity than conventional LNG carriers with about 40% lower energy requirements due to the economies of scale created by their size and the efficiency of the engines.
Q-Max carriers are purpose built for Nakilat and will be on long-term charter to Qatargas.
Qatargas 2 shareholders are Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil Qatargas II and Total E&P Qatargas II Holdings.
Faisal al-Suwaidi, Chief Executive Officer of Qatargas Operating Company, said; “This is the first of the new generation of liquefied natural gas carriers for the company and we are pleased to see this ship delivered safely. It is an exciting time for Qatargas as the pioneers of these new LNG ships and the industry as a whole as we make this step change.”
Mohamed Ghannam, Managing Director of Nakilat, said; “Mozah is our flagship, the very first Q-Max ever built and the largest and most advanced LNG carrier in the world. Mozah’s delivery is a key milestone for Nakilat as it is the first of our 14 Q-Max ships and also the first of our 25 wholly owned LNG carriers in our fleet of some 54 vessels which are being built in the Korean shipyards to service Qatar’s massive LNG expansion projects.”
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