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    LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to -260°F until it becomes liquid, reducing its volume by about 600 times. This allows it to be easily transported by specially insulated tankers. Upon arrival, it is stored in insulated tanks as a liquid until needed, then warmed back into gas form. A small amount boils off during transport and storage but helps keep the rest liquid and can be used as fuel.

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    LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to -260°F until it becomes liquid, reducing its volume by about 600 times. This allows it to be easily transported by specially insulated tankers. Upon arrival, it is stored in insulated tanks as a liquid until needed, then warmed back into gas form. A small amount boils off during transport and storage but helps keep the rest liquid and can be used as fuel.

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    LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to -260°F until it becomes liquid, reducing its volume by about 600 times. This allows it to be easily transported by specially insulated tankers. Upon arrival, it is stored in insulated tanks as a liquid until needed, then warmed back into gas form. A small amount boils off during transport and storage but helps keep the rest liquid and can be used as fuel.

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    LNG is natural gas that has been cooled to -260°F until it becomes liquid, reducing its volume by about 600 times. This allows it to be easily transported by specially insulated tankers. Upon arrival, it is stored in insulated tanks as a liquid until needed, then warmed back into gas form. A small amount boils off during transport and storage but helps keep the rest liquid and can be used as fuel.

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    WHAT IS LNG?

    PROPERTIES OF LNG
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is simply natural gas which has been reduced to a liquid state by Extremely low temperature-minus
    260° (minus 162°)
    cooling it to minus 260°F (minus 162°C). The transformation to a liquid is accompanied by a
    volume reduction of approximately 600 to one. LNG will float on water –weight is
    about 29 pounds per cubic foot-
    Thus, one LNG tanker can transport enough LNG to equal 600 tankers carrying natural gas at slightly less than half that of water

    atmospheric pressure and temperature. Odorless and colorless–LNG looks


    like boiling water. When exposed
    Once loaded abroad specially designed tankers, LNG is maintained in a liquid state by highly to atmospheric temperatures and
    pressure, it vaporizes to about 600
    efficient insulation which surrounds the cargo compartment. However, since no insulation system
    times its liquid volume.
    is perfect, a small amount of LNG vaporizes or “boils-off” during transit. This boil–off helps to
    LNG is nontoxic
    auto-refrigerate the remaining LNG, thus keeping it in its liquid state. Boil-off is also used to
    supplement bunker oil as fuel for the tankers. Vapor dissipation–as the vapor
    warms to minus 160°(minus
    Upon arrival at the receiving facility, LNG is transferred into specially designed storage tanks 107°C), it becomes lighter than air
    and will dissipate.
    where it is stored as a liquid at near atmospheric pressure and minus 260°F (minus 162°)
    temperature. The LNG remains in storage until it is demanded for redelivery. At that time, it is
    LNG is maintained in a
    pumped from the tanks and subjected to both heat and pressure to return it to a gaseous state for liquid state by highly
    transportation by pipeline. efficient insulation which
    surrounds the cargo
    The small amount of boil-off that occurs during storage is used as fuel or combined with the
    compartment.
    facility’s daily send out.

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    LNG CONVERSION FACTORS

    LNG
    ITEM 1 METRIC 1 BARREL 1 GALLON 1 CUBIC 1 CUBIC FOOT 1 POUND
    TONNE METER
    1 metric tonne - LNG 1 14.04 589.67 2.232 78.827 2,204.60
    1 barrel - LNG 0.071 1 42 0.159 5.615 157.1
    1 gallon - LNG 0.002 0.024 1 0.004 0.134 3.7
    1 cubic meter - LNG 0.448 6.290 264.172 1 35.315 988.0
    1 cubic foot - LNG 0.013 0.178 7.482 0.028 1 28.0
    1 cubic meter - Gas 0.001 0.010 0.433 0.002 0.058 1.6
    1 cubic foot - Gas 0.000 0.000 0.012 0.000 0.002 0.046
    1 Mcf - Gas 0.021 0.292 12.266 0.046 1.640 46.0
    1 MMBtu - Gas 0.019 0.272 11.402 0.043 1.524 42.7

    GAS ENERGY
    ITEM 1 CUBIC 1 CUBIC 1 MMBtu OIL MMBtu/Bbl
    METER FOOT
    1 therm = 100,000Btu No. 2 fuel oil 5.83
    1 metric tonne - LNG 1,362 48,074 51.70
    1 barrel - LNG 96.98 3,424 3.682 1 therm = 105.5 megajoules
    No. 6 fuel oil 6.30
    1 gallon - LNG 2.309 81.5 0.0877 1 therm = 29.31 kWh
    1 cubic meter - LNG 610 21,537 23.161 1 kWh = .003412 MMBtu 30° crude 5.94
    1 cubic foot - LNG 17.277 610 0.656 1 MTOE = 43bcf - Gas 32° crude 5.89
    1 cubic meter - Gas 1 35.315 0.0353
    1 MJ = .000948 MMBtu
    1 cubic foot - Gas 0.02832 1 0.001 34° crude 5.84
    1 Mcf - Gas 28.323 1,000 1,075 1 kcal = .00000397

    1 MMBtu - Gas 26.316 0.001075 1 36° crude 5.80’

    QUICK REFERENCE CONVERSIONS


    1 bcm - Gas = .734 Mill MT 1 bar = 14.504 psi FUEL MMBtu/Bbl BTU/GAL
    1 bcm - Gas = 35.31 bcf - Gas 1 psi = .069 bar LNG 3.7 88,100
    1 bcm - Gas/yr = 97 MMcf/d 14.696 psi = 1 atmosphere Diesel 5.9 140,500
    1 Mill MT - LNG = 1.362 bcm - Gas C° to F ° F° = (1.8 x C°) + 32 Gasoline 4.6 109,500
    1 Mill MT - LNG = 48 bcf - Gas F ° to C° C° = 5/9 x (F° - 32)
    1 bcm - Gas = 46,000,000 lbs. - LNG Gas/Liquid Ratio: 610
    1 bcm - Gas = .028 bcm - Gas 1 knot = 1.151 mph Btu/scf: 1,075 (14.73 Dry)
    1 bcm - Gas = .021 Mill MT - LNG 1 mph = .869 knots LNG Density: 448.108 kg/m³

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