RasGas II receives third LNG carrier

July 15, 2005
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II has received its third chartered LNG carrier, Lusai, at the port of Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 15 -- Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II (RasGas II) has received its third chartered LNG carrier, Lusai, at the port of Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar.

The company, a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil RasGas Inc., completed the loading of the vessel's first LNG cargo July 14. Lusai will deliver the LNG to South Korea by July 29 and in the future will be used to deliver LNG to Europe.

The vessel, which has a capacity of 145,000 cu m of LNG, is the largest carrier to be delivered for RasGas trade. Two others, Fuwairit and Maersk Ras Laffan, were delivered in early 2004.

Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea built Lusai, which Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) operates and which is owned by Peninsula LNG Transport No.1 Ltd., a joint venture of Qatar Shipping Co. QSC and the Japanese ship-owner consortium, Mitsui OSK Line, NYK Line, and K-Line (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.).