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Title: Developments In Non-Utility Uses Of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Author: Philip J. Anderson
Source: American Gas Association 1988
Year Published: 1988
Abstract: Today, natural gas in its liquid form finds its applications confined almost exclusively to utility uses. Predominately, they are base-load gas supplies and peakshaving, but LNG also finds other utility applications as an emergency gas supply and as an alternative supply of gas when scheduled maintenance is to be done on the conventional supply source. LNG has also been used for backfeeding gas mains and to supply remote, off-the-pipeline communities and industrial users. Although LNG was first used for peakshaving in 1939, it was not until 1964 that commercial implementation began to be realized at a significant level. The first commercial cargo of base-load LNG from a liquefaction plant at Arzew, Alergia, was unloaded at the then British Gas Councils receiving terminal at Canvey Island, England, on October 12,1964. Construction of four LNG peakshaving plants was under way in the United States that year. These plants began operation for the winter heating season of 1965-1966. Today, international trade in LNG amounts to some 1.91 trillion CF of gas equivalent or about 25 percent of the total international trade in natural gas. The number of peakshaving plants has grown to over 70 worldwide, with plants located in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States. Additionally, there are some 66 satellite plants located in Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Great Britain, and the United States.

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