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As gas prices crash, ships turn into floating storage

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Liquefied natural gas traders are following the latest trend in the oil market by storing huge amounts of the commodity on tankers, hoping prices will rise before the ship docks.

But while crude can sit for months or even years in a tank, super-chilled LNG tends to evaporate even in the specialized vessels that handle it.

That limits the amount of time “floating storage" is feasible. “Keeping gas frozen is extremely expensive because of the energy cost to maintain the ultra low minus-265-degree Fahrenheit temperature," said Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities and derivative research for Bank of America Corp.

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