[Foundahardheadedwoman]

I hate to say this but Houston would be wise to prepare for LNG explosion in the near future. Some folks may not like the idea of another boom in the making and may demonize this fuel. I think there was one in the northeast in the 40’s is bad news. Yep, I may be paranoid and truly hope I am.

[thackney]

You need to learn more. The NIMBYs and environMENTALists have put out a lot of false information, spreading a myth of false dangers.

LNG won’t ever burn, let alone explode. It has to be vaporized first to methane gas then mixed with air down to a 5~15% concentration. By the time that has happened during a leak, the vapor, which is much lighter than air, has risen up and away from the tanks.

Secondly, there is not LNG Inports or Exports in Houston. That is down at Freeport.

[353FMG]

LNG in the 40’s?

I doubt they had the technology then when most of the CH4 was flared or used as fuel gas.

You may have meant LPG.

[thackney]

boom in the making and may demonize this fuel. I think there was one in the northeast in the 40’s is bad news

The was an LNG accident in the 1940s. They did not well understand the induced brittleness of carbon steel back then and stored LNG in relatively thin walled carbon steel tanks at the East Ohio Gas Company in Cleveland.

A tank began leaking, there was no containment system like the dike walls we use today. The vapor from the tank ignited and LNG poured out and into the nearby sewer system into a residential neighborhood.

The LNG warmed, vaporized, mixed with air and sewer gases then reached ignition sources. It was bad. The sewer contained and concentrated the pressure waves rupturing out at manholes and the like. Very bad fire and several series of explosions in the sewer igniting buildings.

There were lots of things done wrong with that installation.