Page 20 of World SkyCat Brochure by World SkyCat Ltd

skygas natural gas transport a skycat-1500 an extended variant of the largest vehicle in the family and designed to carry a payload of 1,500 tons over long distances offers a profitable and environmentally benevolent means of transporting natural gas in gaseous form direct from well-head to user terminal volumes the skycat-1500 skygas will lift some 2.5 million cubic metres of natural gas ng in gaseous form at a time straight from the well-head and discharge it directly into the end-user delivery flange payload provides the lift apart from 10 helium to support the return leg all the lift is provided by the cargo itself on the outward leg and aerodynamically on the return safety the flammability of ng lies within a narrow band and in the event of a hull breach the gas would rise upwards and disperse ­ considered by industry experts as significantly less dangerous than a lng carrier suffering a containment loss low cost skygas can transport ng at a cost of approx $1.00 per 1,000 cubic feet over an a-b distance of 1,000km and approx $3.50 per 1,000 cu ft over 3,000km key opportunities the skygas system can offer overriding cost benefits in those fields where gas volumes are too small or the political risk too high to warrant pipeline/lng investment or where the fields are remote or not readily accessible eliminates liquefaction the system avoids any need for liquefaction lng transport and final re-gasification with all the intensive capital costs and safety risks involved low risk by definition a mobile asset the skygas system avoids the risks associated with large-scale fixed assets in politically unstable regions of the world environmental benefits capture of gas that is otherwise flared off has a major and directly quantifiable benefit to the environment 20

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