Gas Processing/LNG
Airgas shareholders vote to approve company’s merger with Air Liquide
Once the acquisition of Airgas is completed by Air Liquide, the combined entity will be the largest industrial gas company in the world -- with leadership in North America complementing its number one positions in Europe, Africa/Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Woodside’s CEO remains wary on timing, extent of any oil market recovery
The uncertain outlook is deterring Australia's top oil and gas producer from going ahead with its biggest growth project, Browse floating LNG, or from chasing acquisitions.
Interview: Brazil’s Braskem eyes new NGL options
Brazil is short in all NGLs: ethane, propane, butane, natural gasoline and heavy condensates. That has Braskem looking for opportunities to source NGLs from elsewhere, a director says.
Fluor wins construction work from Sunoco to expand NGLs hub in US
Under the contract, Fluor will manage the construction of new terminal facilities to store, chill, process and distribute propane, butane and ethane at the complex.
Shell completes $53-billion acquisition of global LNG leader BG Group
The complex merger is based on a desire to transform Shell into a more specialized group, focused on the rapidly growing LNG market and deepwater oil production.
Conoco wins US approval on Kenai LNG exports
ConocoPhillips will be allowed to export about 40 billion cubic feet of LNG over a two-year period, starting on February 19. The company’s previous export licence for the Kenai plant in Nikiski, located on the Kenai peninsula, expired at the end of March 2013.
Shell postpones final decision on LNG Canada
The project, proposed by a JV of Shell, PetroChina, Kogas and Mitsubishi Corp., would initially consist of two 6.5 MMtpy LNG production trains with an option to expand with two more trains.
Total to supply US LNG to Indonesia’s Pertamina
Under the terms of the deal, which start in 2020 and last 15 years, Total will purchase from 2020 around 400,000 tpy of Pertamina's LNG from Corpus Christi LNG, currently under construction in the US.
Primus makes 100-octane gasoline at GTL demo
With the production of 100-octane zero-sulfur, zero-benzene, zero-lead gasoline, Primus says it could address fuels that meet EU and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) specifications.
Use discrete event simulation as decision support for storage and shipping—Part 2
Over the past decades, one engineering firm has been using discrete event simulation (DES) to study shipping and storage as an integral part of project execution throughout all phases of a process facility’s design, construction and operations.
- Essar launches hydrogen power plant at Stanlow refinery (U.K.) 7/16
- Trelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel 7/16
- Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics 7/16
- Vale, Komatsu and Cummins announce collaboration to develop dual-fuel large trucks, powered by ethanol and diesel 7/16
- Mexico–U.S. energy trade value fell in 2023 on lower fuel prices 7/16
- Belarus' Mozyr oil refinery restoring operations after outage due to storm 7/16
- Digital Exclusive: SPECIAL FOCUS: Digital Technologies—Utilize process simulation digital twin to optimize condensate yield
- Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
