A French Oil Giant’s Gamble in Yemen - The New York Times > Business > Slide Show > Slide 2 of 14

Construction was completed in less than four years, which is fast for such a project. The $4 billion plant is expected to earn the Yemeni government as much as $50 billion over the next 25 years, according to Total. Here, workers build a jetty from which tankers will load liquefied natural gas.

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