Marina Schwarz + 1,204 Posted June 4, 2018 "Wood Mackenzie estimates that China has the largest LNG trucking market in the world. As the economy comes to rely more on natural gas, trucked LNG can fill a gap for residential, commercial and industrial consumers outside pipeline coverage. The consultant group said trucking is a viable option as there is "not enough time nor is it economical to build or expand pipelines" to uncovered areas. "The flexibility of LNG trucking alleviates China's lack of pipeline coverage, storage and regas capacity," Wood Mackenzie's report read." I wonder what the trucks run on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanilKa + 249 Posted June 5, 2018 Don't laugh it off, it is viable solution - called "virtual pipeline". Doesn't matter if trucks are running on diesel on natural gas (which would make sense; since they already moving it). Makes more sense if there is stable source of LNG, such as Qatar or Australia. Components for this scheme are already manufactured in China. Alternative is to transport diesel - which is also have to be imported. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Kirkman + 2,793 Posted June 5, 2018 2 hours ago, DanilKa said: Don't laugh it off, it is viable solution - called "virtual pipeline". Doesn't matter if trucks are running on diesel on natural gas (which would make sense; since they already moving it). Makes more sense if there is stable source of LNG, such as Qatar or Australia. Components for this scheme are already manufactured in China. Alternative is to transport diesel - which is also have to be imported. Very much true. Small scale LNG plants and "virtual pipelines" of transporting LNG by trucking is a growing market for remote areas. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sudhir + 9 Posted June 17, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 6:08 PM, Marina Schwarz said: "Wood Mackenzie estimates that China has the largest LNG trucking market in the world. As the economy comes to rely more on natural gas, trucked LNG can fill a gap for residential, commercial and industrial consumers outside pipeline coverage. The consultant group said trucking is a viable option as there is "not enough time nor is it economical to build or expand pipelines" to uncovered areas. "The flexibility of LNG trucking alleviates China's lack of pipeline coverage, storage and regas capacity," Wood Mackenzie's report read." I wonder what the trucks run on. Given the capabilities of Chinese industries , sooner or later they would be installing new pipelines (as US did in Alaska and elsewhere) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marina Schwarz + 1,204 Posted June 18, 2018 They will likely have to, yes. Let's hope they start building them early enough to avoid supply outages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bearb4u + 3 ZS Posted June 25, 2018 LNG is not transported via pipelines, trucking is the only way to provide LNG to sporadic and sparse consumers in remote areas. In US and Canada, truck fleets are being converted to run on vaporized LNG. One would need to put a re-gasification unit next to the imported LNG terminal to transport natural gas via pipeline and distribute it to the end users. Pipelines are definitely more sustainable but costly to build and are justified only when there is large, continuous and long term demand exists. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites