LNG carrier (Methane Pioneer)
Buque metanero (Methane Pioneer)
- Date
- 1959 · confidence high
- Place
- Canvey Island, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Constock International Methane and the British Gas Council
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A converted wartime freighter that carried liquefied natural gas at -162 degrees from Louisiana to Canvey Island in January 1959. It proved gas could be traded by sea.
The first commercial LNG carriers (Methane Princess and Methane Progress) entered service in 1964 supplied from Algeria.
What it led to
- dedicated LNG carriers (Methane Princess, 1964)
- global LNG trade
- regasification terminals