The chairman said that it was proposed to engage the SiamGas Company of Thailand on a long-term contract basis, the Thai company hadoffered $ 112 and the Oman supplier has offered $ 129.

However, he said that the Thai company had tendered the quotation for thesupply of only 6000 metric tons, which was problematic. On the other hand, theOmani company had said that they would anchor their main ship in the Maldivesand transport  100,000 metric tons of gasfor four months at $129.