Liquid natural gas in the United States
Subtitle: a history
By: John Hrastar
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780786478590
Subjects: Gas as fuel; Liquefied natural gas; History
Description: "When natural gas was discovered in Appalachia in the 19th century, its development and growth as a fuel was rapid. A 1944 disaster in Cleveland, when an LNG tank ruptured and caused a fire with 130 fatalities, caused the industry to pause. In 1959 a shipload of LNG went from Louisiana to Britain and restarted the LNG industry"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Inferno; title: Discovery and growth; title: Growth to shortage; title: Discovery of gas liquefaction; title: Liquid storage; title: Setback; title: Recovery; title: Breakout : moving the energy.