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Gas Processing/LNG

HP Construction Profile: Rotterdam LNG facility wins top project award

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

The Gate megaproject is one of Europe's largest LNG terminals. With two jetties, it can unload simultaneously two vessels of the Q-Max type, the world's biggest LNG carriers.

HP Innovations: Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

PCHEs boost power from waste heatHeatric recently supplied Echogen Power Systems Inc. with Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers (PCHEs) for Echogen’s Supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) power generation cycle. ..

Freeport LNG in talks with Shell to export gas from US Gulf Coast

If the deal is signed, the LNG facility could be operational by 2018 or 2019. A spokesman for Shell confirmed that it was in negotiations with Freeport. Freeport still needs to obtain licenses from both the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before the LNG facility can be built.

Shell looks to boost investment in downstream China gas sector

HP Editorial Staff: HP News Services

Shell is hoping to increase investment in China's downstream gas sector, as it wants to profit from every link in the gas supply chain, the head of the company's China unit said.

TransCanada gauges interest in Alaska LNG project

TransCanada's project was initially planned as an over-land pipeline to ship North Slope gas to the continental US by 2020. But the glut of natural gas from shale basins in the US has led Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to voice support for an alternative plan to super-cool the gas and ship it overseas to Asia.

Air Products to raise LNG heat exchanger capacity with new Florida plant

The new 300,000 square foot LNG manufacturing facility, which will employ approximately 250 employees in a four year ramp-up period, is to be complete and begin operations in late 2013. Air Products says the location's access to port services will facilitate global shipping of the equipment.

TNK-BP, Sibur to partner on hydrocarbon feedstock

The Russian companies reached agreement on the indefinite continuation of their Yugragazpererabotka gas processing joint venture, with contracts under the joint venture framework extended through 2026.

AGL taps CB&I to build Australia gas storage facility

CB&I’s scope of work will include all the civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and commissioning support for the construction of a LNG storage tank, gas pretreatment, the liquefaction, the vaporization and the associated utilities, according to the company.

Chevron chooses GE for compressor maintenance on Australia gas project

Under the agreement, the oil and gas division of GE will provide Chevron Australia with scheduled maintenance, access to resident engineers, monitoring and diagnostics of the installed equipment coupled with engineering analytics, plus a guarantee relating to continuity of production.

Linde starts China gas plant to serve Pu Yang Steel

The new plant will run seven air separation units with an overall capacity of 63,000 Nm3/hour of oxygen provided to Pu Yang Steel, the largest steel company in the Wu’an region. Pu Yang becomes the first steel company to choose to outsource their gas supply to a professional industrial gas provider.