Large Floating Concrete LNG / LPG Offshore Platforms

A number of studies and projects for large floating concrete offshore platforms with storage capacity for liquefied natural gas, LNG, and liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, have demonstrated the feasibility and significant advantages of such structures. These platforms, which tend to be large in order to take advantage of economies of scale, can be used for production, storage, off-loading, and re-gasification. With the recent increase in the price of gas, the general consensus in the industry is that several such platforms (using either steel or concrete hulls) will be built within the next ten years.