BG Group’s LNG shipping and marketing division doubled its cargo deliveries in the fourth quarter but saw profitability decline.

In its last quarterly report before a looming merger with Shell, the UK gas giant said it delivered 88 cargoes during the period, compared to 44 a year earlier.

That brought total volume delivered to 5.68 million tonnes, compared to 2.71 million tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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