Sister ships Methane Princess and Methane Progress
History
Name
Methane Princess
Owner
Shell Tankers U.K., Conch Methane
Operator
British Gas
Builder
Vickers
Launched
22 June 1963
Completed
21 June 1964
Out of service
1997
Identification
IMO number: 5412583
Fate
Scrapped 1997
General characteristics
Class and type
LNG carrier
Length
621 ft (189 m)
Beam
82 ft (25 m)
Installed power
13,750 shp (10,250 kW)
Propulsion
Steam
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Capacity
1,220,000 cubic feet (35,000 m3) methane
Methane Princess and Methane Progress were the first purpose-built LNG carriers, entering service in 1964 and used to transport natural gas from Algeria to the UK. Methane Princess was built at the Vickers shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness and her sister by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.
MethanePrincess and Methane Progress were the first purpose-built LNG carriers, entering service in 1964 and used to transport natural gas from Algeria...
order two purpose built LNG carriers to be constructed: Methane Princess and Methane Progress. The ships were fitted with Conch independent aluminum cargo...
receive 50 shipments of LNG per year from Arzew Algeria in the MethanePrincess and the Methane Progress, until about 1982, British Gas closed the site in...
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for...
Inspector, Wardle and Davenport Ltd, Leek. John Harland, Chief Steward, SS MethanePrincess, Shell Tankers (U.K.) Ltd. Arthur Laurence Harris, Principal Foreman...
explanations attempted about the origin of the glow include the presence of methane in marshy areas. The Krasue is often said to live in the same areas as...
boil-off gas (BOG). LNG shipping first became a possibility in 1959 when the Methane Pioneer, a converted WWII freighter safely transported Liquefied Natural...
described as a floating city in the clouds, "suspended in a sea of cirrus methane". A planet described in Lucas' draft script as being "under siege by the...
Paris, France, he was the son of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan and Princess Andrée Aga Khan. He married twice, but had no children of his own. Prince...
carbon dioxide and water in their bodies and convert them into methane and oxygen. The methane is exhaled back into the atmosphere. The extra oxygen is added...
its drive shaft if it hits a pothole? Can a port-a-potty gather enough methane to explode? 28 4 "Is Yawning Contagious?" March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09) 34...
(October 8, 2021). "Elon Musk endorses a carbon tax, downplays concerns about methane". CNBC. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December...
Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 422 28 November 1914 Mine explosion caused by Methane gas New Yubari Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan 405 20 February 1946 Bergkamen mining...
the same year, the European Union and the United States pledged to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. The pledge is considered as a big achievement...
Lake area and was covered with grass turf when filled. There are many methane gas outlets situated to the south and at the southern edge of the site...
could further bolster the argument for extraterrestrial life in cold, methane-rich environments. The first international agreement to protect Antarctica's...
city had around 200,000 cesspits and 360 sewers. Some cesspits leaked methane and other gases, which often caught fire and exploded, while many of the...
Magdalena E. G.; Denier van der Gon, Hugo; Röckmann, Thomas (27 March 2020). "Methane emissions from the Munich Oktoberfest". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics...
inside the sperm whale's stomach because there is no air (but probably methane instead). A 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus explores the idea of a man surviving...
leaders, which includes a "phasedown" of unabated coal power, a 30% cut in methane emissions by 2030, plans for a halt to deforestation by 2030, and increased...
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