How do you transport natural gas?

Transporting natural gas via road or rail, or alternatively using natural gas to power vehicles provide additional transportation options for natural gas, typically for shorter distances. Compressed natural gas (CNG) can be used to fuel natural gas vehicles like buses, trucks, and cars.

How is natural gas transported from a production site to a transportable state?

The process of natural gas from its production sites to a transportable state involves the extraction of the gas from underground reservoirs. Crude oil and natural gas occur together or in separate pools, and the latter may contain a certain amount of water, sulfur, carbon dioxide, organic materials, and other hydrocarbons.

How can LNG be transported at sea?

For example, in regions that are too far from the gas extraction sites and there is no connecting pipeline, but where the conditions for road transport and water transport are given. In this case, instead of pipelines, they are delivered on cargo ships, as LNG can be transported extremely well and efficiently at sea.

Why is LNG a viable transport option?

Economies of scale make LNG transport affordable over very long intercontinental distances. Shipping natural gas as LNG provides access to overseas natural gas reserves not reachable by pipeline. LNG can also be stored for months and transported to meet seasonal demand spikes.

How has Greece increased its LNG import capacity?

Greece, which typically consumes about 6-7 billion cubic meters of gas a year, has increased capacity for LNG imports through the upgrade of its Revithoussa LNG terminal and the recently completed Alexandroupoli floating storage regassification unit (FSRU).

How liquefied LNG is transported?

In this case, instead of pipelines, they are delivered on cargo ships, as LNG can be transported extremely well and efficiently at sea. One cubic meter of liquefied LNG – after regasification – produces about 600 cubic meters of natural gas in normal condition.