Gas Processing/LNG
US shale boom threatens Australian gas sector
Big LNG importers like Korea Gas and Japan's Osaka Gas have signed deals with US terminals, diversifying supply sources that had relied on Australia and the Middle East.
UK offers tax breaks to boost shale gas industry
No shale gas has yet flowed commercially in the UK so any profits from the sector are a ways off, but the government says producers will have to pay just 30% tax, compared with the current 62%.
Maritime agency lifts blockade on Nigeria LNG
The regulator on June 21 barred NLNG ships from entering or departing Bonny Island Terminal on the coast of Nigeria, as a longstanding dispute over maritime taxes and levies escalated.
Praxair starts up new Korea air separation plant
Through a long-term contract, the plant will supply on-site high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Samsung, one of the largest electronics companies in the world. The plant will also expand Praxair’s merchant capacity in the region, allowing it to supply the liquid gases to a variety of industries.
US bill seeks to remove DOE from LNG permits
US Representative Ted Poe has introduced bill HR 2471, which, if passed, will remove the US Department of Energy from the approval process for new LNG terminals.
Royal Dutch Shell appoints van Beurden next CEO
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell has announced that Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as CEO, effective January 1, 2014. Mr. Van Beurden, 55, has been Shell’s downstream director since January 2013.
Russia to liberalize LNG exports in early 2014
Russia will liberalize exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the beginning of next year, bringing to an end the monopoly of gas giant OAO Gazprom.
Enterprise taps Foster Wheeler for gas processing services work
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler has signed a master service agreement to support the North American capital project program of Enterprise Products Operating LLC.
Russia mulls proposal to liberalize LNG exports
Russia's lower house of parliament may consider a bill to liberalize the exporting of LNG in its autumn session, news agency Interfax reported the country's energy minister as saying.
BASF, Linde, ThyssenKrupp to develop technology for syngas from CO2
In the first step, an innovative high-temperature technology will process natural gas to obtain hydrogen and carbon. Compared to other processes, this technology produces very little CO2. The hydrogen is then reacted with large volumes of CO2, also from other industrial processes, to give syngas.
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