Tag Archives: safety

Basics of LNG safety

“If the LNG terminal offshore Tuscany explodes, the Leaning Tower of Pisa will fall over” This was stated by an Italian professor in the local newspaper during the approval phase of the now operational LNG terminal offshore the coast of … Continue reading

LNG carrier collisions

Over more than 50 years, the LNG industry has built up an impeccable safety record. As far as I know there have only been two grounding incidents for LNG carriers, and no collisions. There have probably been some incidents that … Continue reading

A step by step description of LNG bunkering

At DNV, we receive a lot of questions related to bunkering of LNG. We have therefore made another video which takes a more technical approach to what is actually going on during the LNG bunkering operation than our first video did. … Continue reading

What is LNG?

Today we take a day off from future outlook, projections, uncertainties, and all that. Today, like good engineers, we look at the facts. And we start with natural gas at ambient temperature and pressure. Natural gas is primarily methane, with small … Continue reading