05.07.2009

Previously, steam turbines have dominated as propulsion machinery for LNG carriers, with their apparent reliability and the ease with which they can burn the boil-off gas from the ship’s cargo tanks while at sea. The low fuel efficiency of steam turbines, however, has encouraged almost all other shipping segments to switch to diesel-powered ships. As a result of both increased fuel efficiency and increased cargo capacity, an LNG carrier with dual-fuel electric machinery will deliver more natural gas to the offloading terminal even when gas is used as fuel throughout the voyage

An exploratory well that finds petroleum in two separate reservoirs

Complete a well that produces from two separate structures or more at different depths

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A well which does not contains quantities of oil or gas that can be produced commercially. A dry well (hole) is an exploratory or a development well found to be incapable of producing either oil or gas in sufficient quantities to justify completion as an oil or gas well

Treated oil that contains small amounts of basic sediments and water.

A well which does not contain quantities of oil or gas that can be produced commercially

natural gas is considered to be dry when it is composed nearly entirely of methane. Gas that does not contain liquid hydro-carbons

Drilling which does not lead to a discovery of oil or gas that can be produced commercially