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Gas Processing/LNG

Reduce CO2 in acid gas from amine-based TGTUs

Sulphur Experts: Spooner, B.  |  Derakhshan, F.

Improve furnace temperature and sulfur recovery

HP Insight: Technology and market share: Challenges requiring ever-changing solutions

In this issue of HPInsight, workforce, fuel quality and capacity overhang are a few of the challenges that the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) must address and resolve. Expansion of the refining..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Exterran Holdings, Inc., has a contract from Petrobras for the design, fabrication and sale of a major natural gas processing and treating facility in Itau, Bolivia. The facility is a dew-point gas pr..

Repsol to align with Pemex on downstream work in Americas, Spain, Portugal

Spain-based Repsol signed a strategic industrial alliance with Pemex, for 10 years, looking for synergies and profits in the short and medium term. The agreement involves cooperation in upstream and LNG in the Americas and downstream operations in the Americas, Spain and Portugal.

Natural gas output declines in lower 48 US states

Natural gas output in the Lower 48 US states in December eased 0.2%, or 0.14 billion cubic feet per day, to 72.54 billion cubic feet a day, government data released Wednesday show. The December data predate some modest output cuts unveiled in January as prices hit 10-year lows.

Linn to buy Kansas gas processing plant from BP

BP has agreed to sell its interests in the Jayhawk gas processing plant in Hugoton, Kansas, and associated producing gas fields in Kansas to an affiliate of LINN Energy. The $1.2bn sale is currently expected to complete on March 30, according to the companies.

Blackstone to invest $2bn in Cheniere US LNG plant

Blackstone Group is investing $2 billion in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) operation by buying senior subordinated paid-in-kind units from Cheniere Energy. Cheniere will use proceeds to develop its Sabine Pass liquefaction project at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.

TransCanada to extend Tamazunchale natural gas pipeline in Mexico

TransCanada said Friday that it will build, own and operate the Tamazunchale Pipeline Extension in Mexico. TransCanada expects to invest approximately $500 million in the pipeline and anticipates an in-service date in the first quarter of 2014.

Shell eyes East Africa LNG, makes Cove Energy bid

Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday proposed to buy all the shares of UK-listed Cove Energy, marking the company's first foray into Kenya and Mozambique. Shell is one of the world's largest LNG producers with equity sales volumes of 18.83 million tpy of LNG in 2011.

Chesapeake plans to double US production of oil, liquids by 2015

Chesapeake Energy said it plans to more than double its oil and liquids production by 2015 as the natural gas giant aims to become one of top five US oil producers. The company plans to produce about 250,000 bpd of oil and natural gas liquids by 2015, up from about 104,000 bpd in the fourth quarter.