“LNG is natural gas that is cooled to liquid form at -160 degrees Centigrade, reducing it to one-six-hundredth of its original size. It is stored and transported in insulated tankers which minimize the vapourisation which results from heat ingress. The LNG is transported by tanker to different destinations.

On arrival, it is converted back into gaseous form, for delivery to users such as power stations, industries, commercial buildings and for domestic use.

LNG is composed of a mixture of hydrocarbon gases that occur with petroleum deposits, principally methane together with varying quantities of ethane, propane, butane, and other gases, and is used as fuel and in the manufacture of organic compounds.”