His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, welcomed Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World and heads and senior executives of the teams involved in the building of Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The delegation comprised of Mr. Jean Marc Aubry President Technip France, Mr. Jaap de Vries Director General of Royal Shell prelude project, Mr. David Nichols Group Commercial and Marketing Director for the SBM Offshore Group and Mr. Janjul Kim of Samsung Heavy Industries - Korea and other senior executives.

Khamis Buamim presented a summary profile on the project and technical cooperation between all stakeholders in this giant project of global significance and the project's launch in Dubai during the steel cutting ceremony of the turret, which will be the biggest turret in the world, more than 90 meters in height and a diameter of more than 30 meters with a weight of 11,500 tons.

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