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Showing posts with label liquefied natural gas. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Experts debate terror threat

Today a panel of experts in Savannah is discussing the hazards associated with spills of liquefied natural gas. It's part of the International Oil Spill Conference. The federal government says a terrorist attack on tanker carrying liquefied natural gas - commonly called LNG - could cause an explosion and fire so intense it burns people up to a mile away. There is an LNG terminal on Elba Island near Savannah.

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