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"On Feb. 1, when Exemplar and Express were simultaneously berthed at the terminal, they sent enough fuel to run all of New England’s gas-fired generators for th

"On Feb. 1, when Exemplar and Express were simultaneously berthed at the terminal, they sent enough fuel to run all of New England’s gas-fired generators for the day, according to Oliver Simpson, vice president of Excelerate’s commercial operations" This statement says nothing of what proportion of the tanker capacities was consumed in that day. Anyone know? It says nothing more than they fulfilled a single day of gas-fired generators needs, which by itself doesn't sound worthwhile.

hindsightbias 8y ago
Ship capacity: https://excelerateenergy.com/fleet/ https://excelerateenergy.com/fleet/ The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday that demand for natural gas in New England registered at 4.34 billion cubic feet per day and that the regional pipeline was operating at 77.1 percent capacity. The agency said that during a brief cold snap in January, "increased heating demand strained the natural gas system as natural gas consumption in the region, on January 21, 2019, reached their highest level this winter." https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/02/19/natural-gas-hookups-off-limits-in-more-mass-towns.html https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/02/19/natural-g...
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  Ships capacities are 138k-150k m^3. Multiply by 35 to get cubic feet, and we get about 5m cubic feet per ship, or 1% of a day’s demand if my math is correct.
  - singlow 8y ago
    Haven't checked the math but are you accounting for Liquid->Gas expansion?
    - singlow 8y ago
      If the figures for Boston's consumption are for gaseous methane and LNG expands 600x then you would have ~6 days supply.
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  - newnewpdro 8y ago
    "It takes up about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in the gaseous state" [1] So 600% by your calculation; 6 days? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas edit: darn singlow beat me to it :)
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hindsightbias 8y ago

Ship capacity: https://excelerateenergy.com/fleet/ https://excelerateenergy.com/fleet/ The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday that demand for natural gas in New England registered at 4.34 billion cubic feet per day and that the regional pipeline was operating at 77.1 percent capacity. The agency said that during a brief cold snap in January, "increased heating demand strained the natural gas system as natural gas consumption in the region, on January 21, 2019, reached their highest level this winter." https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/02/19/natural-gas-hookups-off-limits-in-more-mass-towns.html https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/02/19/natural-g...

Scoundreller 8y ago
Ships capacities are 138k-150k m^3. Multiply by 35 to get cubic feet, and we get about 5m cubic feet per ship, or 1% of a day’s demand if my math is correct.
- singlow 8y ago
  Haven't checked the math but are you accounting for Liquid->Gas expansion?
  - singlow 8y ago
    If the figures for Boston's consumption are for gaseous methane and LNG expands 600x then you would have ~6 days supply.
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- newnewpdro 8y ago
  "It takes up about 1/600th the volume of natural gas in the gaseous state" [1] So 600% by your calculation; 6 days? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas edit: darn singlow beat me to it :)
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