Middle East business information

Yemen's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from a $4.5bn Total-led plant, has left the export terminal at Belhaf for South Korea aboard a Korean tanker, carrying around 149,000 cubic metres of LNG, Reuters has reported. A second, 160,000 cubic metre shipment is scheduled for November 13, on a Yemeni tanker owned by the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company, the country's minister for oil & mineral resources, Amir al-Aidarous told the news service.