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PRESENT STATUS OF LNG INGROUND TANK TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN.

Author(s) : GOTO S.

Summary

TOKYO GAS BUILT IN 1970 THE FIRST UNDERGROUND TANK IN THE WORLD WITH A MEMBRANE FILLING SYSTEM, OF A CAPACITY OF 10,000 M3, AT THENEGISHI TERMINAL. SINCE THAT DATE, 23 TANKS WERE BUILT. R&D PROGRAMMES CONCERNED THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-CAPACITY UNDERGROUND TANKS. THE PAPER DEALS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES OF THE LAST PLANT WITH A CAPACITY OF 140,000 M3, WHILE PRESENTING THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT S OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN AS WELL AS THE FUTURE TRENDS OF THE LNG INDUSTRY.

Details

  • Original title: PRESENT STATUS OF LNG INGROUND TANK TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN.
  • Record ID : 1991-0029
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989/10/17
  • Source: Source: Proc. LNG 9 GNL, Nice
    vol. 2; sess. 3; n. 5; 25 p.; 15 fig.; 1 tabl.; 5 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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