A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters
A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters
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Eric Ng
Eric Ng

Updated: 7:30am, 5 Jan, 2018

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A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters
A worker works on a LNG tanker at a port in Tianjin in northern China. The country’s has become the world’s second biggest buyer of shipped natural gas. Photo: Reuters
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