President visits LNG project in Shabwa

SHABWA, Dec. 01 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh paid on Saturday an inspection visit to the strategic project of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Balhaf regions, Shabwa governorate. President Saleh listened to a brief report from the director of the project on work process in the project and achievements which reached 47precent. He also was briefed on works in exporting port of gas as it would be a key step to enhance trade movement in the region. The cost of the project is around $ 4 billion. President expressed admiration for the achievements in the project, asking to finalize other stages of the project in time. He made it clear that the project would enhance development in the region. He highlighted high rate of Yemeni labors in the project which has 8 thousand Yemeni works out of 11,000 workers until November, 2007. AH/AM Saba