LNG

Technip, the French engineering and construction firm, said more than 36,000 workers were currently mobilized for its liquefied natural gas projects in Qatar and Yemen and the number was growing.

The island state’s latest addition to the Atlantic LNG complex is best described in terms of the national sport, cricket, writes Linda Hutchinson-Jafar in Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago, which is about the size of the US state of Delaware, has been pumping out LNG for the US market since the 1990s, but the first cargo from its new Train 4 was delivered to the UK last month, underlining the tiny nation’s emergence as a market-leading Atlantic Basin supplier.

Donald A. Norman , Thomas J. Duesterberg , US Manufacturers’ Alliance

As recently as the 1980s and 1990s, much of the industrial strength of the United States derived from its abundant supplies and efficient production of energy resources. LNG promises to be an important source for new gas supplies in the US, as well as throughout the world.

Given the difficulties in gaining approval to develop new natural gas production in areas
where gas reserves are thought to be significant and, given the expected time frame before a pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope is constructed, LNG is our best hope for adding measurably to US gas supplies in the short-to-medium term.

LNG imports into the US totaled 631 billion cubic feet in 2005, or 2.8 percent of total natural gas consumption.