Will LNG Plants Meet a Growing Demand for Clean Energy?

摘要

The demand for a clean-burning fuel to heat homes and generate electricity has led to a surge in demand for natural gas. In response, the energy industry will see an ongoing increase in the need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to move supplies of the world's stranded gas reserves to market. Michael Choi, a process engineering fellow at ConocoPhillips, said the world has as much as 2,500 Tcf of stranded natural gas that could be moved to market if it can reach a liquefaction facility. Stranded gas includes all reserves that are available, but are isolated from the infrastructure needed to bring it to market. Although all traditional LNG processing plants are onshore, there are novel offshore and near-shore designs under development, he said.