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2013
June 2013
Marsh Creek Cleanup

March 2013
Charity Co-ed Volleyball Tournament of Champions

2012
June 2012
Canaport LNG’s Annual Marsh Creek Clean Up

May 2012
Canaport LNG sponsors Forest Hills School in the All American Soap Box Derby

April 2012
Charity Co-ed Volleyball Tournament of Champions

Canaport LNG participates in Junior Achievement at Forest Hills School

February 2012
February CLNG supports Ducks Unlimited Project Webfoot

Canaport LNG Celebrates the 6th Anniversary of the Get Fanatical About Math Program

January 2012
Canaport LNG supports the RVBA Mini Girls Tournament

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LNG, short for liquefied natural gas, is the liquid form of natural gas, a clear, colorless, odourless, liquid composed mainly of methane with very small quantities of ethane, propane and heavier hydrocarbons. Taken out of the ground as natural gas, LNG is turned into a liquid by being cooled to -162 degrees Celsius. It is then stored in specially designed LNG storage tanks that work on principles similar to a thermos container.

The cooling process, called liquefaction, reduces the volume of natural gas more than 600 times. This greatly reduced volume makes the natural gas easier and safer to store and transport. At regasification terminals such as Canaport LNG, the LNG is warmed until it returns to a gaseous state. This natural gas is then transported through the Brunswick Pipeline to a distributor who directs it via underground pipelines into households and businesses for everyday uses.

 

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