History of LNG

LNG (Liquefied natural gas)
 

Natural gas was first liquefied (cooling natural gas to form Liquefied Natural Gas) in the 19th century by Michael Faraday and Karl Von Linde. However, the industry, as it is known today, commenced in the UK in 1961 when Britain signed a 15-year contract to take just under 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from Algeria. Imports of gas to the UK stopped in the early 1970s when the North Sea started production of natural gas. 

The first liquefaction plant in the world was commissioned at Arzew in Algeria and the gas to supply this contract came from the huge gas reserves found in the Sahara.