Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), one of the world's largest shippers of liquefied natural gas, posted a 25 per cent rise in nine-month net profit, a Doha-based newspaper reported on Sunday.

Nakilat made a net profit of QR693 million ($190.3 million) in the nine months to September 30, Gulf Times reported, up from QR553 million ($151.79 million) in the year-earlier period.

Qatari media sometimes report corporate results before companies officially publish their earnings on the Qatar Exchange website.

Those figures mean Nakilat made a third-quarter net profit of QR248 million ($68.07 million), according to Reuters calculations. This compares with a profit of QR193 million ($52.97 million) a year ago. - Reuters