Demand is being driven in part by China's growing use of LNG and the adoption of LNG globally as a more environmentally friendly fuel. 63 LNG carriers are expected to be ordered on average annually from 2020 to 2027. South Korean yards received over 80 percent of LNG carrier orders in 2018. Yonhap news agency reports that, supported by these orders, South Korea's three biggest shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), achieved their order targets for 2018. Hyundai Heavy received orders valued at $13.3 billion, Samsung Heavy Industries $5.7 billion and DSME $6.81 billion. Clarkson Research data shows that China has the largest order backlog: 29.14 million CGTs, followed by South Korea with 20.9 million CGTs and Japan with 13.91 million.