Shell says delays Qatargas 4 start-up by 10 months

LONDON Nov 23 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said it had delayed startup of its Qatargas 4 liquefied natural gas project by 10 months due to contractors struggling to keep up with the pace of developments in Qatar's gas industry.

"We had been planning for a startup in early 2010 but now we expect that to come in late 2010," a spokeswoman said on Monday, adding the slippage represents a delay of 10 months. (Reporting by Tom Bergin; Editing by Dan Lalor) ((+44 20 7542 1029, tom.bergin@reuters.com, Reuters Messaging tom.bergin.reuters.com@reuters.net))