The private Scorpio Group is moving into the gas sector with a partnership with Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) in a pool for VLGCs.

The partners disclosed the alliance formally called the Neptune VLGC Pool in an exclusive statement to TradeWinds.

Ugo Romano, the Dubai-based pools director at Scorpio Group, said: “We are very excited about starting this new venture with our strategic partners at KPC with whom we have an established, successful relationship.