Although natural gas is abundant, more than one-third of global gas reserves are said to be stranded by their location of field size without commercially viable access to world markets. Estimates place these stranded gas reserves at more than 3000 trillion ft~3. It is for this reason that significant interest has been stimulated by design concepts for compressed natural gas carriers, proposed as being able to claim such resources without recourse to costly shoreside handling solutions. To date, despite years in the pipeline, no single project has come to fruition, however.
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