Energy · 1959

Liquefied natural gas shipping

Gas chilled to minus 162 C shrinks 600-fold and crosses oceans by ship.

The Methane Pioneer carried the first LNG cargo from Louisiana to Canvey Island, England in 1959, and commercial trade from Algeria began in 1964. LNG turned gas into a global commodity; trade passed 400 million tonnes a year in the 2020s.

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