Doesn’t the January 2004 explosion at an LNG facility in Algeria prove that LNG is dangerous?
No. The Algeria explosion took place at an LNG export liquefaction plant – not an import terminal. A board of inquiry determined that a gas leak was the primary cause of the accident. A nearby boiler was the source of the ignition, which ignited the vapor cloud in a confined space causing an explosion and fire. LNG import terminals do not use steam boilers. It should be noted that even the resulting fire did not damage LNG storage tanks that are similar to those that would be used at an import terminal.
