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liquefied gas

[′lik·wə‚fīd ′gas]
(materials)
A gaseous compound or mixture converted to the liquid phase by cooling or compression; examples are liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquid oxygen, and liquid ammonia.
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Exxon and Qatar Petroleum say the export facility in Texas will be able to produce about 16 million tons of liquefied gas per year.
"Bahrain is engaged in negotiations with Gazprom to import liquefied gas," he said on the sidelines of his participation at the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
The company says unlike pumps, which can only unload around 85% of the liquefied gas, the compressor system will easily transfer over 99% thereby enabling users to recover this potentially expensive liquid heel and the compressor system also eliminates the problem of liquefied gases boiling when centrifugal pumps are used.
A third major deal involved expanding liquefied gas facilities at Aramco's giant Yanbu refinery, which is valued at $37.3m (AED137m), while a fourth will see two new buildings constructed at its Ras Tanura terminal at a cost of $32m (AED117m).
Amman, May 4 (Petra) aAC"aAC" The Council of Minister on Saturday gave the go-ahead to the Ministry of Energy and Natural resources for signing a memorandum of understanding with Shell Oil Company for the purchase of liquefied gas.
The plant is co-owned by Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited 2 (Qatargas 2), Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited 3 (Qatargas 3), Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited 4 (Qatargas 4) and Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) (RL3).
Meanwhile, the country swapped 140,000 tons of liquefied gas via the Caspian Sea states.
The president of INE, David Castillo, said the expanding market of liquefied gas in the country is leading to the design of interesting projects that industry and the State want to develop.
By data of the Customs Service of Armenia, in 2012 2,402,176 thousand cu m of natural and liquefied gas were imported in the
The Norwegian liquefied gas plant was built for exports to the US, but a natural gas boom there eliminated that market.
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