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Greenhouse Gases

HP Innovations: HPInnovations

Catalyst boosts H2 output, cuts costsHaldor Topsøe recently introduced a low-methanol, low-temperature shift (LTS) catalyst, LK-853 FENCE, which presents new opportunities for hydrogen and ammoni..

HP Impact: Octagonal opportunity for carbon capture

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Filtering CO2 from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive, part of many manufacturing processes. However, a collaborative research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technolo..

Overcome challenges in treating shale gases

Optimized Gas Treating: Weiland, R. H.

Manipulating process plant parameters helps meet pipeline specifications

HP Viewpoint: Opportunities of abundance: How shale gas changes the energy landscape

America’s Natural Gas Alliance: Banaszak, S.

Today’s reality is that the US has enough natural gas to meet growing demand, allowing the country to focus on domestic uses and export possibilities.

IEA says nations must act independently on climate

With little hope for significant progress on a major international climate agreement at this week's climate negotiations, nations must take it upon themselves to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change, the head of the IEA said Tuesday. To limit rising temperatures to an average of 2 degrees Celsius, global growth would have to come with just a 20% rise in emissions in the years ahead, she said.

Qatargas picks GE technology to lower emissions

GE has signed a contract with Qatargas to supply advanced combustion technology to reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations. GE will provide its Dry Low NOx (DLN) 1.0 combustion system designed to achieve low emissions levels of 25 ppm for nitrogen oxide.

Investment roadmap: Planning for carbon capture and storage

Foster Wheeler Energy: Ferguson, S.

Reducing emissions can be approached with a similar method to any other new capital project

HPI Market Data 2012 Executive Summary

THE NEXT STEPThe economic recovery continues for the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). Energy drives economic growth. Unfortunately for developed nations, stronger economic recovery remain..

EPA punts on GHG regs for refineries

The US Environmental Protection Agency was facing a mid-December deadline to propose regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries. With that date drawing near, the EPA acknowledged it was in a fourth and long situation.

SABIC helps Hyundai's QarmaQ crossover go green

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) will take part in the 10th International Plastics and Petrochemicals Trade Fair to showcase its range of polymer solutions. A highlight of the SABIC pavilion will be Hyundai's QarmaQ crossover utility vehicle.