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A Filipino named Roberto del Rosario patented
the first working karaoke machine in 1975
Wärtsilä
has started building a
378 MW LNG-to-power project
in El Salvador, involving an
FLNG terminal and gas plant
Panama is the only place
in the world where
you can see the
sun rise on the
Pacific and set
on the Atlantic
Plans to construct the US$2 billion
Tanglawan LNG project in the
Philippines have been put on hold
The Bangladesh cricket
team first participated in the
Cricket World Cup in 1999
Traditional Vietnamese cuisine combines
five fundamental taste elements: spiciness
(metal); sourness (wood); bitterness (fire);
saltiness
(water)
;
and sweetness
(earth)
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EMERGING
MARKETS
Ghana means
‘warrior king’
Ghana will be the first sub-Saharan
nation to buy LNG when its Tema FLNG
import facility is completed (due in 2020)
Namibia
has the largest
population of free-roaming
cheetahs
in the world
Panama imported its first
LNG shipment in 2018
Australia
is currently
developing five LNG
import terminal
projects, despite
being a top two
global LNG exporter
Bangladesh’s second FLNG
import terminal commenced
operations offshore
Moheshkhali Island in early 2019
El Salvador is home to
over 20 active volcanoes
Namibia’s proposed Walvis Bay
LNG-to-power project is capable
of producing 600 MW of power
Vietnam’s first LNG
terminal, in the port
of Thi Vai, is due for
completion in 2022