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Gas Processing/LNG

W&T closes deal for Shell offshore field in US Gulf, nearby gas processing plant

W&T closes deal for US Shell offshore fields, gas processing plant W&T Offshore has closed its acquisition of Shell’s 64.3% interest in the Fairway Field along with a 64.3% interest in the associated Yellowhammer gas processing plant, with an effective date of September 1, 2010.

ExxonMobil grants license for gas pipeline welding technology to Nippon Steel

ExxonMobil has granted Nippon Steel the world’s first license for patented field welding technology used to construct high-pressure pipelines made with X120 ultra high-strength steel linepipe, company officials said on Wednesday.

US shale plays spark Q2 increase in oil, gas deals

Ongoing interest in shale acreage, deals for midstream assets and increased investments from foreign buyers in the US oil and gas industry helped drive US oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) value to $39 billion in the second quarter of 2011, according to a quarterly report from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Air Products inks new hydrogen supply agreement with Motiva refinery in Louisiana

Air Products has agreed to a long-term deal with Motiva to supply additional hydrogen for Motiva’s Convent refinery in Louisiana. The hydrogen supply, which has already commenced, is from Air Products' industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network that serves multiple refinery and petrochemical companies in the region, the company said.

Dominion to build natural gas processing, liquids fractionation plant in West Virginia

Dominion said Thursday that it is proceeding with its next major project in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, which is the construction of a large natural gas processing and fractionation plant along the Ohio River in Natrium, W.Va. The first phase of construction includes facilities that can process 200 million cubic feet/day of natural gas and fractionate 36,000 bpd of natural gas liquids.

Use a new calibration method for gas pipelines

University of Boumerdes: Guemana, M.  |  Aissani, S.
University of Djelfa: Hafaifa, A.

An advanced method improves calibrating orifice flowmeters while reducing maintenance costs

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Air Products will supply Valero Energy Corp. with a combined additional 200 million scfd of hydrogen for Valero’s refineries in St. Charles, Louisiana, and Port Arthur, Texas. As part of this awa..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Argentina’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility, a joint development between YPF S.A., ENARSA and Excelerate Energy, GNL Escobar (GNLE), began receiving cargoes on May 24, 2011, an..

HP Construction: Construction begins for Shell FLNG facility in Australia

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Prelude gas field project is progressing at rapid pace, with first LNG production expected by 2017

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Fischer-Tropsch process commercialization acceleratesThe high throughput experimentation (hte) company has extended its collaboration with BP International Ltd. in the field of Fischer-Tropsch (FT) sy..