From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sat Jun 14 2003 - 23:23:53 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert J. Bradbury
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:07 PM
>
> I have heard, from what I consider to be an authoritative
> source, that international natural gas transport is not
> economic (it would triple or quadruple prices). Now perhaps
> that is because one has to build special vessels with high
> strength containers to compress it enough or cryogenic tanks
> to liquify it
<snip>
>
> I am willing to stand corrected if someone knows better.
The Old Salt stands. A quick google turned this up as an example:
http://www.mariport.com/Mariport%20Files/lng.htm
But there's plenty more. I know from recent meetings I've been in that
Korea has a substantial consumption of natural gas, all of which is
imported via ship.
One of my firm's clients, El Paso Natural Gas (founded by a former
partner in the firm) was one of the pioneers in the field of building
the first generation of LNG tankers in the 1960s. It was VERY high-tech
then but, although they still ain't your rusty old break bulk ships, LNG
tankers are relatively common today. The global fleet may be as big as
100 vessels in 2003.
Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
My Blog: http://www.gregburch.net/burchismo.html
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