Process technologies for LNG production

LNG is purified natural gas converted into liquid form. In this physical state, NGL takes up 1/600th the volume of gas in its natural form, making it economical to be stored in large-volume containers and transported over long distances via tanker. The English scientist Michael Faraday first developed a way to liquefy methane in 1820. However, LNG first made its way to commercial application in 1959 when the first LNG tanker, the Methane Pioneer, sailed from Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. to Canvey Island, UK, where the government wanted to convert coal to natural gas following the Great Smog of 1952. LNG international trade followed with LNG export from Algeria to the UK in 1964. Soon afte