scholarly journals Two if by Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (07) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Paul Sharke

This article discusses that ever since the Methane Pioneer sailed a cargo of liquefied natural gas from the United States to England in 1959, LNG trading in the United States has been a business of fits and starts. A chart plotting the growth of seaborne LNG depicts a flat first decade in the 1960s, 10 years’ rise in the 1970s during the first oil crunch and a flurry of Japanese activity, and then a plateau again in the 1980s on the tail of natural gas price deregulation and a bump up in domestic natural gas production. Bluewater’s concepts for offshore LNG terminals are designed to let a tanker weathervane. Moored at a single point, a weather vaning vessel swings freely to present the lowest area it can to wind and sea. The practice is common with offshore oil handling to keep ship movement from straining the floating hose that carries crude off the ship.

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 641-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Allen ◽  
David W. Sullivan ◽  
Daniel Zavala-Araiza ◽  
Adam P. Pacsi ◽  
Matthew Harrison ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (21) ◽  
pp. 12915-12925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Omara ◽  
Naomi Zimmerman ◽  
Melissa R. Sullivan ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Aja Ellis ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 633-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Allen ◽  
Adam P. Pacsi ◽  
David W. Sullivan ◽  
Daniel Zavala-Araiza ◽  
Matthew Harrison ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 110 (44) ◽  
pp. 17768-17773 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. T. Allen ◽  
V. M. Torres ◽  
J. Thomas ◽  
D. W. Sullivan ◽  
M. Harrison ◽  
...  

Fact Sheet ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Schenk ◽  
Richard M. Pollastro

Author(s):  
Michael V. Ulchenko ◽  

Currently, natural gas is considered by most countries as the main source of energy, since it is the cleanest of all hydrocarbon fuels. So, the countries of the European Union have already announced their intention to completely abandon coal, in the production of electricity, in favor of natural gas by 2030. A similar policy is being pursued by the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, although they do not specify any specific deadlines. At the same time, natural gas is transported in two ways — using a pipeline and in liquefied form. The main advantage of the second method is that after liquefaction, the gas can be delivered to any point of the planet where there is a demand for it. Currently, the growth rate of the liquefied natural gas market is such that in 15–20 years it will not only catch up with the pipeline market, but also surpass it The paper identifies the key producers and exporters of liquefied natural gas, as well as assesses their potential opportunities in terms of increasing the volume of natural gas production and LNG production. The analysis showed that at the beginning of 2021, the main LNG exporters are Australia, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, Nigeria, Russia and the United States. At the same time, Qatar, Russia and the United States have real opportunities to increase export volumes. Australia is also able to increase production volumes, as it has reserves and spare production capacity, but due to the significantly increased domestic demand for LNG, it is likely that it will not be able to do this in the near future.


Subject Prospects for natural gas in the fourth quarter. Significance Platts report that US average spot monthly natural gas price for September fell to 2.35 dollars per million British thermal units (mmbtu), comparing with prices of around 4.0 dollars/mmbtu a year ago. Outside the United States prices are higher, but the trend of softening prices and a relatively weak demand response is the same. China's demand is growing, but not enough to outdo the global supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the fourth quarter.


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