BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order to facilitate a more detailed understanding of the nature of the invention several embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a first embodiment of the method of onboard regasification of the present invention illustrating the first and second LNG Carrier positioned at an offloading location during offloading of the LNG from the first LNG Carrier to the second LNG Carrier fitted with an onboard regasification facility;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 illustrating the second LNG Carrier moored at a turret mooring buoy as the LNG is regasified onboard the second LNG Carrier and transferred through a marine riser and associated sub-sea pipeline to shore; and,
FIG. 3 illustrates one possible flow diagram for the regasification facility onboard the second LNG Carrier.