HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday attended a ceremony hosted by Qatargas on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the first delivery of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan. During the event held at the Four Seasons Hotel a film about the process of co-operation between Qatar and Japan in the field of liquefied natural gas industry was screened. The co-operation began on January 10, 1997, when Chubu Electric Co, Qatar’s first gas clients in Japan, received the first shipment of LNG carried by the vessel Al-Zubarah at Kawagoe LNG terminal in Japan. Qatargas, established in 1984, pioneered the LNG industry in Qatar and is today the largest LNG producer in the world.


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