[XBob]

22-"intercontinental shipmt of LNG"

This has been done for many years now. Giant 'gas' tankers with huge ball tanks routinely ship gas around the world. I helped build a plant in Indonesia in 1980 to ship gas to Japan.

We are currently building a terminal off the Texas/Lousiana coast to offload such tankers for importing gas into the US. Should be finished next year.

[JmyBryan]

Yergin was promoting the idea that LNG is/will be the "energy of the future". But to spur the industry, it would need a great deal of capital and coordination to make it feasible.

Here's the link:

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20031101faessay82610/daniel-yergin-michael-stoppard/the-next-prize.html