WHAT IS LNG?

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is obtained bringing natural gas to a temperature of about -160C, thus enabling its transport in liquid state at ambient (atmospheric) pressure. Their energy power being equal, still at ambient (atmospheric) pressure, LNG's volume is about 600 times lower than the one of natural gas in gaseous state.

The reduction in volume resulting from the liquefaction of natural gas enables the transport of methane on board LNG tankers to suitable reception points also called LNG regasification terminals. In these terminals, which are not far from the areas where the gas is used, LNG is brought back to its gaseous state by using water which has been previously heated with appropriate boilers or, like in our case, by using the heat of seawater.

Once it has recovered its gaseous state, natural gas can be input to the national transportation network.