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Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced that the completion ceremony for its LNG pilot test facility was held at Geoje shipyard, hosted by its President & CEO Jin-Taek Jung.
The ceremony was joined by ship owners including KOGAS, Celsius Shipping, Maran Gas Maritime, ENI and classification societies ABS, BV, DNV, KR, and LR. Political figures including Geoje Mayor, Byun Gwang-yong, and lawmaker Seo Iljun also attended, highlighting the high expectations for the LNG test facility.
Installed on land which is 3630 m
2 large, the facility will be the one and only R&D facility for LNG in the shipbuilding and offshore industry, which develops and tests core technologies for the LNG value chain from natural gas production, transportation, and storage to supply.