Nasdaq-listed Golar LNG Partners has fixed out an LNG carrier for up to nine years.

It said a major international oil and gas company is taking the 146,000-dwt Golar Grand (built 2006).

The vessel is currently chartered to parent Golar LNG and will be sub-chartered back at the same rate as the new deal, Golar Partners said.

This will continue until the contract with Golar LNG ends this October.

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