What is LNGs operating history?
LNG receiving terminals are located throughout the world, predominantly in Japan, but also in Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, India, Great Britain, and at five sites in the U.S.A. (including Everett, MA). Many of these terminals are operating in locations adjacent to heavily populated areas. LNG has had a superb operating history and all these facilities have been operating without serious public safety incidents, some for over 40 years. The most serious LNG accident occurred more than sixty years ago (1944) in Cleveland, Ohio, when LNG storage was still an inexact science. Substandard materials used in the construction of an LNG storage tank failed and resulted in a spill of LNG that traveled into a sewer system, and spread through and adjacent neighborhood. A resulting fire caused numerous deaths, injuries and property damage. Today’s regulations and codes require multiple containment systems and the use of modern materials, along with numerous leak de
