DSME has won a KRW 1.07 trillion ($851.7 million) order for the construction of four LNG carriers for the Qatar LNG project, says an article published in Offshore Energy.
H-Line Shipping
On June 7, DSME announced that it will construct a quartet of 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for a Korean consortium that includes H-Line Shipping, Pan Ocean, and SK Shipping.
The ships will be manufactured at the Okpo Shipyard and delivered to QatarEnergy’s North Field Expansion Project in the first quarter of 2025.
The North Field is one of the world’s largest single non-associated natural gas fields, located off the northeast coast of the Qatar peninsula.
Dual-fuel propulsion engine
As previously stated, each newbuild will be equipped with a low-pressure dual-fuel propulsion engine (ME-GA) and a re-liquefaction plant, making it an environmentally friendly ship capable of drastically lowering air pollution emissions.
Furthermore, latest technology like DS4, DSME’s smart ship solution, will be used to optimise ship operations.
LNG capacity
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, is working on a proposal to boost its annual LNG output from 77 million tonnes to 126 million tonnes.
As part of this, QatarEnergy agreed to reserve LNG carrier building capacity with DSME, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in 2020.
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Source: Offshore Energy
