** Shares of natural gas firm Golar LNG GLNG.O rise 3.86%
to $34.75 premarket
** Co signs $1.6 bln engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contract with China-based shipbuilding co
CIMC Raffles for the sale of its MK II Floating LNG Production
(FLNG) vessel
** GLNG's FLNG vessel has an annual liquefaction capacity of
3.5 mln tons per annum
** Vessel expected to be delivered in Q4 of 2027
** As of last close, stock is up 45.54% YTD
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))