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Gas Processing/LNG

Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants

Bantrel Co.: Nava, J.

Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs

Xebec to build a biogas upgrading plant in Canada

Xebec Adsorption Inc. has signed a significant contract to build a complete biogas upgrading plant for Terasen Gas in western Canada.

UOP membrane system to be used in North American shale gas processing

UOP LLC announced that its Separex membrane system has been selected for the removal of contaminants from natural gas produced from a large shale formation found in British Columbia.

CB&I awarded LNG storage tank contract

CB&I has a contract, valued in excess of $190 million, for two LNG storage tanks associated with a major liquefaction project in the Asia-Pacific region.

Siemens to work on NGL plant in UAE

Siemens Energy has been awarded a $40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), responsible for the fractionation of natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Siemens will be the main electrical contractor for GASCO’s Ruwais 4th NGL train, located in the city of Ruwais, UAE. The train is scheduled to go into operation in March 2012.

Contract awarded for gas plant project in British Columbia

Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply the power generating equipment and associated engineering for the power generation of the Cabin gas plant power generation project in British Columbia, Canada.

Bixby Energy Systems sells devolitization units in China

Bixby Energy Systems, through its Chinese partner, Global Partners United, LLC (GPU), has received two additional orders for its patent-pending coal-to-gas devolitization units. The first will be shipped to a methanol plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, to provide methane for the production of methanol. The unit will be operated through a joint venture with GPU and Ordos I-Valley, an industrial technology provider. The City of Ordos sits on about one-sixth of the total reserves of usable coal in China.

Siemens selected as main electrical contractor for natural gas liquids fractionation plant

Siemens Energy has a $40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), responsible for the fractionation of natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Siemens will be the main electrical contractor for GASCO’s Ruwais 4th NGL train, located in the city of Ruwais, UAE. The train is scheduled to go into operation March 2012.

Foster Wheeler working on Kårstø life extension project in Norway

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has entered into a framework agreement, awarded by Statoil, acting on behalf of Gassco AS as operator for the Gassled joint venture, ..

Four gas-fired generators brought online by CNOOC

Reuters is reporting that CNOOC Gas and Power Group has brought online all four gas-fired generators at its plant in Putian, China. The plant will burn nearly a third of its LNG imports from Indonesia.