the cooled liquefied natural gas 26 at the end of the process that is the subject of the present invention may then for example be transferred to a storage or transport device while the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof it is evident that many alternatives modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description accordingly it is intended to embrace all such alternatives modifications and variations as fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims the present invention may suitably comprise consist or consist essentially of the elements disclosed and may be practiced in the absence of an element not disclosed furthermore if there is language referring to order such as first and second it should be understood in an exemplary sense and not in a limiting sense for example it can be recognized by those skilled in the art that certain steps can be combined into a single step the singular forms u201c a u201d u201c an u201d and u201c the u201d include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise u201c comprising u201d in a claim is an open transitional term which means the subsequently identified claim elements are a nonexclusive listing i e anything else.