Herald Scotland: How Ineos' Giant Dragon Ships Will Carry US Shale Gas to Scottish Shores

From next year, US shale gas will arrive in Grangemouth on a "virtual pipeline" across the Atlantic.

Eventually eight ships will be continuously moving 40,000 barrels of liquefied gas a day originally from Pennsylvania, via docks near Philadelphia, to Scotland and Rafnes in Norway.

The operation will be ongoing every day for 15 years, which Ineos says will secure the future of the Grangemouth plant which has suffered following a significant downturn in North Sea gas production. Gas is an essential raw material for much of what is manufactured at Grangemouth and is also used to power the facility.

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