The world's largest LNG carrier offers significant economies of scale over its smaller predecessors. Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. To be more precise, in the case of ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum, necessity is the mother of major improvements to existing technology. The two companies have been involved in a joint venture to develop Qatar's North field, the world's largest non-associated gas field with recoverable gas reserves of more than 900 Tcf. The gas is converted to LNG and shipped to ports around the world.
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