Gas Processing/LNG
Foster Wheeler to work with ZeoGas on US Gulf gas-to-gasoline plant
Foster Wheeler will support ZeoGas’ final site selection and project planning towards the development of ZeoGas’ first fuels manufacturing plant, to be located on the US Gulf Coast.
Western Refining buys Wingate NGL fractionation plant from Conoco
The Wingate facility includes rail loading and offloading capabilities and storage facilities in addition to NGL fractionation capability. The transaction is expected to close in early October 2014.
Linde wins engineering contracts for Canada’s Woodfibre LNG project
Based on the current project schedule, and subject to regulatory approvals, the Woodfibre LNG project in British Columbia will begin construction in 2015, and be operational by 2017.
US to allow exports by Louisiana’s Cameron LNG, Florida’s Carib Energy
The Cameron LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana is authorized to export LNG up to the equivalent of 1.7 Bcfd of natural gas for a period of 20 years. Carib is authorized to export LNG up to the equivalent of 0.04 Bcfd of natural gas for a period of 20 years from a facility in Martin County, Florida.
Alaska LNG project moves ahead with FERC filing
The FERC pre-file milestone sets the stage for the activity associated with the environmental review required for the siting, design, and permitting for construction of the proposed Alaska project.
Technip to build new India industrial gases plant at BPCL’s Kochi refinery
The industrial gas complex is designed to cater to the requirement of industrial gases (hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen) of BPCL for its integrated refinery expansion project (IREP), which will increase crude refining capacity from 9.5 million tpy to 15.5 million tpy (from 190,000 bpd to 310,000 bpd).
Choose the right metering technology for ethylene furnaces
An ethylene plant’s main purpose is to convert hydrocarbon feedstock, usually natural gas liquids or naphtha, into a “cracked gas” that contains ethylene and other higher value products..
HP Gas Processing: Second GTL Technology Forum brings executive insight, new developments
Gulf Publishing Company’s second annual GTL Technology Forum was held from July 30–31, 2014, in Houston, Texas. Speakers and attendees shared insight on gas processing technology developments, project economics and business challenges, with a focus on GTL processing technologies.
HP Petrochemicals: US condensate exports send ripple effects downstream
The US, which a decade ago was considered an aging has-been in oil and gas production, now leads the globe in production, and a growing bucket of these crudes is light and sweet.
HP Industry Metrics: Industry Metrics
A bump in the US economy triggered strong gasoline use. Debottlenecking of pipelines allow more US midcontinent crude to reach US Gulf Coast refineries, which operated at the highest utilization rates..
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- Mabanaft submits approval documents for planned ammonia import terminal in Hamburg 7/17
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