Gulfnews.com reports that Yemen oil and minerals minister Khaled Mahfoudh Bahah told the World Gas Conference in Amsterdam that Yemen was assessing its gas resources and options for developing these resources.

“We have a lot of expectations in this process that may lead us to add more trains on the same project, or add a new project by itself,” he said.

Bahah said the Yemen LNG project, one of the main growth projects for French energy giant Total, was due to start by the end of 2008 with two trains and was expected to produce 6.7 million metric tonnes per year.

Disruptions in Russian gas pipeline supplies early this year raised concerns over the constraints on gas supplies in Europe, and LNG has been identified as a key source for future energy needs, Gulfnews.com said.

Bahah said the survey of Yemen’s resources would take another year and a decision on whether to add trains or launch a new project would be made at the time.

“The main factor in deciding the scale of expansion will be the location of newly identified gas resources,” he said.