Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation liquefied natural gas
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- initialism petrochemistry
liquid natural gas /liquified natural gas
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Examples
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(LNG is natural gas that has been liquified for easier shipment - it is turned back into a gas, at the terminal, to feed the pipeline.)
Sweet nothings from the Goldschmidt people (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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He also said that Petronet is in talks with Qatar to source two million tons to four million tons additional long-term LNG as the company is expanding capacity.
Petronet LNG Net Profit More Than Doubles Rakesh Sharma 2011
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Converting cars to run on LNG is not expensive (except due to regulation), and we still have a lot of that.
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ExxonMobil says having options, including LNG, is essential to energy security.
U.S. Gas Boom Orphans LNG Angel Gonzalez 2010
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El Paso Pipeline Partners said today it has agreed to acquire the remaining 49% interests in Southern LNG company and El Paso Elba Express, as well as a 15% interest in Southern Natural Gas Company, from El Paso Corporation, for $1.13 billion.
El Paso Pipeline Locks Up Natural Gas Assets MarketNewsVideo.com 2010
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At the same time, long-term LNG projects LNG in North Africa, Qatar and Russia finally went into production with the net effect that the global market is flooded with cheap natural gas.
Energy Deflation Cometh: Plentiful Shale Gas, LNG, Ethanol, Nuclear, Geothermal 2009
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Cheniere, which has long-term LNG contracts with ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp. and others, has enough liquidity to sustain the company for the next three years, analysts said.
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Furthermore, all of the proposed Bahamas-Florida LNG projects were brought into serious doubt in June 2005, when FPL announced that it would not sign a long-term LNG supply contract with any of the project sponsors.
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Qatar is the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas and has been courted by major energy consumers in Asia for long-term LNG supplies.
PetroChina Steps 2008
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CNPC, Sinopec, and CNOOC are all considering new LNG facilities, but recent LNG price increases have delayed some plans while the companies try to negotiate long-term LNG supply agreements.
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