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An integrated ship mounted system for loading a gas stream, separating heavier hydrocarbons, compressing the gas, cooling the gas, mixing the gas with a desiccant, blending it with a liquid carrier or solvent, and then cooling the mix to processing, storage and transportation conditions. After tran

An integrated ship mounted system for loading a gas stream, separating heavier hydrocarbons, compressing the gas, cooling the gas, mixing the gas with a desiccant, blending it with a liquid carrier or solvent, and then cooling the mix to processing, storage and transportation conditions. After transporting the product to its destination, a hydrocarbon processing train and liquid displacement method is provided to unload the liquid from the pipeline and storage system, separate the liquid carrier, and transfer the gas stream to a storage or transmission system.

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What is claimed is: 1. An integrated system for bulk storage and transport of gas comprising a loading and mixing system adapted to mix a gas with a liquid solvent to form a gas-solvent mixture in a liquid medium form, a containment system adapted to store the gas-solvent mixture at storage pressur

What is claimed is: 1. An integrated system for bulk storage and transport of gas comprising a loading and mixing system adapted to mix a gas with a liquid solvent to form a gas-solvent mixture in a liquid medium form, a containment system adapted to store the gas-solvent mixture at storage pressures and temperatures associated with storage densities for the gas-solvent mixture that exceeds the storage densities of CNG for the same storage pressures and temperatures, and a separation, fractionation and offloading system for separating the gas from the gas-solvent mixture. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the loading and mixing system, containment system, and separation, fractionation and offloading system are installed on a transport vessel. 3. The system of claim 2 wherein the transport vessel is a marine based transport vessel. 4. The system of claim 2 wherein the transport vessel is a land based transport vessel. 5. The system of claim 1 wherein the containment system comprises a looped pipeline containment system with recirculation facilities to maintain temperature and pressure. 6. The system of claim 5 wherein the looped pipeline system comprises a horizontally nested pipe system. 7. The system of claim 6 wherein the horizontally nested pipe system is configured for serpentine fluid flow pattern between adjacent pipes. 8. The system of claim 5 wherein the looped pipeline system comprises a vertically nested pipe system equipped with vertical dip tubes for an integrated filling, displacement, and circulating function. 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the vertically nested pipe system includes top or bottom side mounted hardware. 10. The system of claim 5 wherein the looped pipeline system includes vent and fitting free pipe bases. 11. The system of claim 1 further comprising a dehydration means to dehydrate the gas prior to storage. 12. The system of claim 11 wherein the offloading system includes a displacement means for displacing the gas-solvent mixture from the containment system. 13. The system of claim 12 wherein the dehydration and displacement means include the use of methanol-water mixture as a dehydration fluid and a displacement fluid. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the displacement means further comprises a means for purging of the displacement fluid using an inert gas. 15. The system of claim 1 wherein the offloading system comprises a means for adjusting a gross heat content of an offloaded gas. 16. The system of claim 15 wherein the gross heat content is adjustable to within a range of about 950 to 1260 BTU per 1000 ft3 of gas. 17. A method comprising the steps of loading a gas to be transported onto a transport vessel, mixing the gas with a liquid solvent to form a gas-solvent mixture in a liquid medium form, dehydrating the gas, storing the gas-solvent mixture for transport in a looped pipeline system, recirculating the stored gas-solvent mixture to maintain a predetermined temperature and pressure, separating the gas from the gas-solvent mixture, and off-loading the gas from the transport vessel. 18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of shuttling a displacement fluid between pipes of the pipeline system to displace the gas-solvent from the pipeline system to separate and off-load the gas. 19. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of storing includes storing the gas-solvent mixture at temperatures in a range of about-20° F. to about-180° F. and pressures in a range of about 1100 psig to about 2150 psig. 20. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of adjusting a gross heat content of the offloaded gas. 21. The method of claim 20 wherein the gross heat content is adjustable to within a range of about 950 to 1260 BTU per 1000 ft3 of gas.