From oil into natural gas

Natural gas is an energy source often used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It is also used as fuel for ships and vehicles, and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.

Due to its high-energy content and low carbon content, natural gas is an essential alternative to oil and coal. Thanks to plentiful gas reserves, natural gas is expected to remain competitively priced.

Use of natural gas paves the way for innovative and efficient gas eco-systems.

Global and local environmental benefits

Natural gas can contribute to reducing global carbon dioxide emissions, as well as local air pollution.

Natural gas offers these advantages:

• 20-30% reduced CO2 emissions
• No Sulphur Oxides (SOx) emissions, which – when combined with water – can form acid rain
• 85% reduced Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions, which – when combined with water – can form corrosive acids and contributes to lung disease, asthma, heart disease. A primary constituent of smog.
• No particulate matters, such as soot and smoke from burning oil, which is a major health hazard and the deadliest form of air pollution

Efficient gas eco-systems

Natural gas complements, and can be mixed with, renewable biogas to develop innovative and efficient gas eco-systems.

LNG is liquefied Natural Gas

LNG is liquefied natural gas, a clear, colourless, non-toxic liquid that forms when natural gas is cooled to -162ºC (-260ºF). This shrinks the volume of the gas 600 times, making it easier to store and ship to markets and regions that are not linked to gas network. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4) that has been converted to liquid form for ease of storage or transport.