LNG regas

Abstract

Liquefied hydrocarbon gas is carried in a tanker (12) to an offshore location where the liquefied gas is to be transferred to an offloading facility (20) such as a barge (21). At the offshore location the liquefied gas is to be heated to change it into a gaseous state and to heat the cold gas to produce warmed gas of at least about 0° C., with the warmed gas transferred to a storage facility (32, 33). Heating is accomplished without using only sea water and the burning of gas, by using air blowers (36, 38, 52) that blow large amounts of environmental air past containment structures (14, 28, 32, 42, 44) such as tanks, pipes and heat exchangers thermally coupled to the tanks and pipes, in which the liquefied or cold gas lies.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.