Natural gas must be cooled to minus 260 degrees to be shipped
To transport natural gas across oceans, it must be cryogenically cooled to a staggering minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, a process that shrinks the gas to a fraction of its original volume.
Shipping natural gas requires a massive feat of thermodynamics. To make transport viable, the gas is cooled to -162°C (-260°F), which transforms it into a liquid and reduces its volume by 600 times. This allows specialized tankers to carry vast amounts of energy across the globe.
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