Until recently it was the Train 4 of Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago with a production capacity of 5. 2 million metric ton per annum ( mmtpa ), followed by the SEGAS LNG plant in Egypt with a capacity of 5 mmtpa.

Construction of a Liquified Natural Gas plant by Atlantic LNG boosted the economy.

The major natural gas pipelines, serving Atlantic LNG in Point Fortin and the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, come ashore here.

A major natural hazard is the tropical cyclones that form during the Atlantic hurricane season from July to November.

Apart from the Atlantic coast, the Bouskoura forest is the only natural attraction in the city.

With the aid of a grant of money from the King of Prussia, Agassiz crossed the Atlantic in the autumn of 1846 with the twin purposes of investigating the natural history and geology of North America and delivering a course of 12 lectures on “ The Plan of Creation as shown in the Animal Kingdom ,” by invitation from J.

The " Shore ", along the Atlantic Coast in the central-east and southeast, has its own natural, residential, and lifestyle characteristics owing to its location by the ocean.

Explorations seeking a natural waterway between the Atlantic and the South Sea with the hope of reaching the Molucas ( Spice Islands — Maluku Islands ) and Cathay ( China ) were also pursued.

* Strait of Gibraltar ( 14. 3 km ), the only natural passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

The south-west of the département interests tourists with the Marais Poitevin natural area ; the Atlantic coast is close at hand.

They came to fish off the shore, to enjoy the natural beauty of the Atlantic Ocean pounding against the long strip of sandy beach, to collect seashells, or just to sit back and watch the rolling surf.

The storms of the 1890s, 1920s, and the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane have been some of the worst natural disasters to hit the coast of New Jersey.

Atlantic Highlands is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural beauty of the Raritan Bayshore coastline.

Table Bay ( Afrikaans Tafelbaai ) is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town ( founded 1652 ) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope.

He saw it as a natural solution to the problem of building an airliner large enough to carry a reasonable passenger load and enough fuel to cross the Atlantic in regular service.

The water area known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's largest natural harbors ( more accurately a roadstead or " roads "), and incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth River and James River with several smaller rivers and itself empties into the Chesapeake Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean.

Contributing factors include overfishing, parasites such as Anguillicola crassus, barriers to migration such as hydroelectric plants, and natural changes in the North Atlantic oscillation, Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic drift.

This natural haven is what made Falmouth such an important harbour, it being the last good shelter for ships heading westwards towards the Atlantic Ocean.

Monrovia lies along the Cape Mesurado peninsula, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mesurado River, whose mouth forms a large natural harbor.

The waterway is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, but it is considered a difficult route to navigate because of the unpredictable winds and currents and the narrowness of the passage.

He believed that a strong U. S. military, combined with the natural geographic protection of the broad Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, would be adequate to protect America even if the Nazis overran all of Europe.

The Mohawk Valley is a natural passageway connecting the Atlantic Ocean, by way of the Hudson Valley with the interior of North America.

Much of the northwest tip of the island is an undeveloped natural area and resting stop for birds along the Atlantic Flyway.

Its natural range is from the Atlantic Coast to the Rocky Mountains.

While USN Fleet Admiral Ernest King was a strong believer in " Europe First ", contrary to British perceptions, his natural aggression did not permit him to leave resources idle in the Atlantic that could be utilized in the Pacific, especially when " it was doubtful when — if ever — the British would consent to a cross-Channel operation ".

The natural lands are those of the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion.

* 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas balloon.

For example, many residents of the Atlantic provinces work in the oil and gas industry in the western province of Alberta.

He is most famous for his participation in Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior, holding the records for having the highest, fastest and longest skydive, from a height greater than, and for being the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon.

Natural gas is deregulated in most of the country, with the exception of some Atlantic provinces and some pockets like Vancouver Island and Medicine Hat.

One of his most notable achievements was negotiating with the federal government to implement the Atlantic Accord, a multi-decade regional development program that had been approved in principle during the late 1980s to prevent provincial government offshore oil and gas royalties from being included in calculations for the federal equalization program.

The company delivers products to retail outlets, such as convenience stores and gas stations, throughout Atlantic Canada.

* February 11-The federal and Newfoundland governments sign the Atlantic Accord paving the way for joint development of Newfoundland's offshore oil and gas reserves

* South Atlantic Petroleum, Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company

* revision of the Atlantic Accord, negotiated by the provincial and federal governments in the 1980s, to ensure that that offshore oil and gas royalties primarily benefit the province ( this recommendation was one of the earliest priorities of Grimes ' successor, Danny Williams );

* Corrib gas field, a natural gas reservoir in the Atlantic, about 80 km off County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland

The discovery of the Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean some 85 km off Broadhaven Bay has led to the Corrib gas project and ensuing controversy.

Raw, unodourised natural gas from fields under the Atlantic Ocean is planned to be piped at high pressure at Glengad and through the townlands of Kilcommon, to a refinery 10 km inland.

U-boats constantly menaced the coast from the near Atlantic, and because gas and other consumer products were mostly transported by ship, the many sinkings caused them to become very scarce.

Extreme North Atlantic Ocean weather and low natural gas prices were blamed.