Tractebel orders second LNG tanker for US service

Tractebel North America Inc. is betting the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) market will continue to increase as natural gas prices settle into a new higher range. Tractebel, the energy arm of French company Suez Group (formerly Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux), announced Friday a long-term charter agreement for a new LNG tanker scheduled for delivery in 2003, its second vessel ordered in the past year.

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