What is liquefied natural gas?
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a technology that compresses the volume of natural gas, making it possible to move it overseas. Natural gas would be drilled from far-off gas fields in places like Russia, Peru, Indonesia, and the Middle East, and then supercooled until it reaches liquid form in specialized liquefaction plants. After being chilled to -260 degrees Fahrenheit, the gas turns into a liquid that takes up a small fraction of the space as the gas. The LNG is then loaded onto a huge, specially designed tanker, and shipped thousands of miles to coastal terminals. Upon reaching its destination, the LNG is reprocessed to its original gaseous form at a regasification terminal.
