Qatar Petroleum said Monday it has issued an invitation to tender for the construction of more than 100 LNG vessels to help meet its expected output increase to 110 million mt a year by 2024 from 77 million mt/year now.The tender also includes shipping requirements for the offtake agreement of Ocean LNG, the Qatar Petroleum joint venture with ExxonMobil, from the Golden Pass terminal in the US, which is under construction and will be completed by 2024. The shipping tender also includes options for replacing Qatar Petroleum's existing LNG fleet, which include 45 Q-flex and Q-Max ships. "With this significant step, ... (full story)