limited company traded as nasdaq glng industry lng carrier shipping founded 2001 headquarters hamilton bermuda area served global key people john fredriksen chairman doug arnell ceo revenue us 244.0 million 2010 1 operating income us 60.2 million 2010 1 profit us 384 000 2010 1 total assets us 2.078 billion end 2010 1 total equity us 599.3 million end 2010 1 number of employees 33 end 2010 1 parent world shipholding 47.64 % website www.golargas.com golar lng is a liquefied natural gas shipping company registered in bermuda . the company operates 26 lng carriers and is listed on nasdaq . history edit the company was founded in 1946 as gotaas larsen shipping company . in 1970 the company entered the lng segment . in 1973 the gotaaas larsen oil tanker ss golar patricia exploded and sank off the canary islands . 2 her gross register tonnage was 98 894 long tons 110 761 short tons ; 100 481 t and her deadweight tonnage was 216 326 long tons 242 285 short tons ; 219 797 t which at the time made was the largest ship ever lost at sea . 2 the singapore based osprey maritime bought the company in 1997 . in 2000 the fredriksen controlled world shipholding started a take over of osprey completed in 2001 when the lng segments of osprey were transferred to golar lng . it was listed on the oslo stock exchange in 2001 and nasdaq in 2002 30 august 2012 it was delisted from oslo stock exchange . 3 in june 2015 golar lng announced a joint venture with stolt nielsen to pursue production and distribution opportunities . the latter also made a strategic investment in the former acquiring a 2.3 percent stake . 4 golar lng partners lp operates the world s first regasification vessel golar spirit converted from an lng carrier . 5 references edit a b c d e f annual report 2010 pdf . golar lng . retrieved 2011 12 18 . a b lettens jan 2011 04 17 . golar patricia 1973 . wrecksite.eu . retrieved 2012 07 20 . golar lng limited . newsweb . retrieved 2012 09 02 . reuters 11 june 2015 . stolt nielsen and golar lng enter joint venture . reuters . retrieved 11 june 2015 . golar lng delivers world s first fsru to petrobras . downstream today . 2009 01 30 . retrieved 2009 01 31 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golar lng & oldid 743828128 categories shipping companies of the united kingdomgas shipping companiescompanies formerly listed on the oslo stock exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 14 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view