ABU DHABI - Shipping Unit.ADGAS has at its disposal eight LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. tankers owned by National Gas Shipping Co. Ltd (NGSCo), a unit of ADNOC ADNOC Abu Dhabi National Oil Company . Four tankers of 135,000 cu m each were ordered from Japan and the other four, of 137,000 cu m each, were ordered later from Kvaerner-Masa Yards in Finland. They carry LNG from Das island Das Island is part of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates but lies well offshore, about 100 miles north-west of the mainland. It covers approximately ¾ of a mile by 1½ miles. to Tokyo Electric and the short-term buyers in the West. NGSCo has also been chartering additional tankers to ship spot LNG. Oasis International Leasing Co., based in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , has structured
a lease finance package for NGSCo's fleet. This has freed up funds
for ADNOC to finance its industrial expansions.
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