If Walter White was a Shell Oil engineer....

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 12/17/2014 at 14:40 • Filed to: boatlopnik

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His Winnebago would be this. A Prelude! The largest floating platform to ever take to water. Instead of cooking meth in the desert, he and professor Pinkman would be sucking up natural gas from the Australian coast and, on-site, converting it to liquid natural gas for transport. The traditional process was to suck up the gas out of the ocean floor, tank it up and ship it back to the coast for processing into LNG form for distribution. Now, with this ocean going Winnebago crackfarm platform, that whole series of steps is eliminated. LNG is created by this 'thing' right there immediately after sourcing it from the ground. Pumped in LNG form to a ship and hauled anywhere in the world. All of the trip costs from back and forth to the coast, gone. The ships used for the back and forth, gone. The shipping pilots making awesome milk run money doing those trips, gone. So much money saved, especially when the natural gas prices are near their ten year low, this would save them so much more money on processing.

How big is this? 488 meters. 1601 ft. The entire Empire state building will fit inside. The thing is 360 feet high . It can't be called a true ship, as it can't move under it's own power. It's not for cargo. Its for storage of natural gas for conversion. Like an oil platform, but something moored and mobile with a few tow trucks (tugs), just like Breaking Bad's Winnebago when it's not running.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 14:41

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Needs moar engines.

Grindintosecond > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/17/2014 at 14:43

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a few of these outta do it.....the largest ever put in to a ship. 2300 tonnes each.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 14:44

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Power?

For Sweden > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 14:44

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Sure, but what's the 'ring time?

Grindintosecond > For Sweden 12/17/2014 at 14:46

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Hmm....unknown but I know it does the quarter mile in less than 0.0 because its already crossed the finish line by the time it started.

Grindintosecond > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/17/2014 at 15:03

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108,000 bhp total @ 102 rpm each engine.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 15:04

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Superb. Four of those.

Grindintosecond > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/17/2014 at 15:14

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Excellent choice sir, we will install those immediately. You may soon take it out for a spin around Forza: water-world at your earliest convenience.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 15:15

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Perfect.

Stupidru > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 16:12

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sweet baby jesus. What's the displacement and compression ratio? I'd imagine extremely low for reliability (no spare parts on the ocean) but the fact that it's 102rpm tells me that it's got a long stroke which means high compression. Yikes.

Grindintosecond > Stupidru 12/17/2014 at 16:19

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sorry for the font, it's a copy paste issue with funny dotted letter thangs.

1820 liters per cylinder, built with 6-14 cylinders, two-stroke turbo diesel inline. up to 5.6 million pounds torque.

These engines are so big that people climb down in to the cylinders and weld cracks in cylinder walls.

Stupidru > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 16:30

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That's just silly

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Grindintosecond 12/17/2014 at 21:13

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/mag…

Grindintosecond > Stupidru 12/17/2014 at 21:24

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oh watch this dude...