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together with our valued partners, we have been a driving force in transforming the LNG market into a more efficient and truly global business
our expertise translates into the ability to negotiate with and secure customers for multi-billion dollar LNG projects years ahead of first cargo
LNG carriers
new Q-Flex and Q-Max ships can carry about 45-80% respectively, more cargo than average carriers these double-hulled ships have larger cargo tank designs, optimized ship propulsion and enhanced processing technology that enable ships to deliver LNG more efficiently to destinations
regasification terminal
LNG is unloaded from carriers and stored at subzero temperatures in insulated tanks when needed, LNG is piped to regasification units where it is warmed to a point where it reverts back to its gaseous state for transport there are different structural types of LNG terminals, including onshore, offshore gravity-based and offshore floating
Innovation in the LNG value chain also extends to the design of new and larger receiving terminals. ExxonMobil and our venture partners Qatar Petroleum and Edison developed the Adriatic LNG terminal the first offshore gravity based structure in the world for LNG. The terminal is located approximately 10 miles offshore of Porto Levante, Italy in the Adriatic Sea. The structure is made of reinforced concrete weighing about 290,000 tons with a top deck area larger than two soccer fields. The terminal capacity is approximately equal to 10% of Italys annual gas consumption and to about 10% of installed LNG regasification capacity in Europe. Qatar Petroleum and Total SA are joint venture partners with ExxonMobil on another terminal called South Hook, a large land-based LNG terminal located on the site of the former Esso oil refinery at Milford Haven in the UK. Milford Haven offers a safe, deepwater anchorage readily accessible by large LNG tankers. The Golden Pass terminal located in Texas on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is a third LNG receiving terminal for ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum, with ConocoPhillips joining this venture to supply LNG to the U.S. marketplace. ExxonMobil technology and expertise can be applied to other terminal designs like the proposed BlueOcean Energy offshore floating terminal designed to bring global natural gas supplies to the U.S. East Coast. ExxonMobil is also participating in the development of LNG projects in Papua New Guinea and Australia.
we have increased our investment in energy-related R&D to approximately US$1 billion annually the largest of any IOC
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