Method for handling liquified natural gas (LNG)
AssigneeSpectrum Energy Services, LLC
InventorRaymond R. Latchem
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Abstract
A system for handling liquified natural gas (LNG) wherein (a) the LNG is delivered into a subterranean formation such that the LNG absorbs heat energy from the subterranean formation and is thereby converted to a gas product and (b) the gas is then produced from the subterranean formation. The subterranean formation is preferably a depleted offshore gas formation having an offshore production platform which is modified to receive LNG from marine transport vessels which are unloaded at an offshore receiving station.
Claims18
A method of handling liquified natural gas, LNG, comprising the steps of:
- (a) delivering said LNG in a liquid state into a subterranean gas formation which has been at least substantially depleted such that said LNG absorbs an effective amount of heat energy from said subterranean gas formation to vaporize said LNG in said subterranean gas formation to produce a gas product in said subterranean gas formation and
- (b) producing said gas product from said subterranean gas formation.
A method of handling liquified natural gas, LNG, comprising the steps of:
- (a) unloading said LNG from a marine transport vessel at an offshore receiving station;
- (b) delivering said LNG in a liquid state into an offshore subterranean gas formation such that said LNG absorbs an effective amount of heat energy from said offshore subterranean gas formation to vaporize said LNG in said offshore subterranean gas formation to produce a gas product in said offshore subterranean gas formation, said offshore subterranean gas formation having an offshore gas production platform and at least one well extending into said offshore subterranean gas formation, said LNG being delivered into said offshore subterranean gas formation in said liquid state in step (b) via said well;
- (c) producing said gas product from said offshore subterranean gas formation;
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- (d) conducting said gas product to a land-based receiving point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.