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Executive Q&A viewpoint
During the past decade, strong economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region—particularly China, Japan and India—has stimulated increased energy demand.
Editorial comment
In the US, LNG export terminal operators are gearing up to send liquefied natural gas to world markets.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
Turkmenistan, located in Central Asia on the Caspian Sea, plans to significantly increase its presence in the global gas market.
Reduce gas plant costs and shutdowns with appropriate antifoam substitutes
A frequent problem in gas plants is foaming, which occurs during the gas sweetening process.
Haynesville gas processors consolidate amid production slump
North American upstream companies drilled tens of thousands of uneconomic wells due to an unprecedented access to debt capital—especially high-yield debt—from 2009 to 2014.
Optimize amine process design using liquid-phase turbochargers
Acid gas removal is a critical process step in natural gas processing and syngas production for ammonia and other uses.
Employ a main automation contractor for LNG project success
In today’s competitive and constantly changing technical and business environments, continuous complex demands are being placed on process automation systems.
Smart design for high CO2 removal for natural gas production
Recent oil and gas discoveries provide an increasing outlook for gas fields containing CO2 content of 10 mol% to as high as 70 mol% of CO2.
New in gas processing technology
Industrial maintenance technicians need to be vigilant in inspecting gas systems to ensure that they are working to maximum capability.
US Industry Metrics
In the US, natural gas prices have been sliding throughout the autumn as gas production remains steady on the year, despite dropping rig counts.
Gas processing news
The first shipment of LNG from the Gladstone LNG project in Australia was loaded in mid-October for delivery to South Korea.
Executive Q&A viewpoint
The gas processing industry continues to improve its focus on safe practices for humans and the environment.
Editorial comment
The gas processing industry continues to address the issue of emissions from gas production and processing.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
Despite Western sanctions, Russian natural gas producer Gazprom, together with partner Shell, plans to start building the third stage of the LNG plant on Sakhalin Island.
Mitigate corrosion in sweet gas amine units
An extensive review of acid gas removal units covering five decades and more than 120 amine units showed that units treating sweet gases (i.e., those with CO2 only) presented the worst risks of corrosion.
Niobrara/DJ gas processing buildout slows, despite continued service expansion
The Niobrara/Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basin has been one of the fastest-growing gas producing areas in North America during the past few years.
Small-scale methanol technologies offer flexibility, cost effectiveness
Gas monetization through the production of methanol using small-scale plants could be a promising option.
Gas-to-power networks expand global opportunity for gas
New gas discoveries, in combination with advances in technology, are making it possible to address previously insurmountable energy challenges in underserved regions of the world.
Catalyst development enables innovative OCM technology application
Access to shale reserves and advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have created an abundance of recoverable natural gas and lightweight NGL in various regions of the world, but nowhere has the impact been more pronounced than in the US.
Pair NGL recovery with LNG production to improve processing economics
In recent years, the use of LNG as a clean-burning alternative to coal, gasoline and diesel has grown dramatically.
Design an alternate purge system for an LNG plant fired heater
LNG trade is expanding globally at a rapid pace. Natural gas is brought to market either with a traditional pipeline or through an LNG supply chain.
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New in gas processing technology
Maag’s new S Series of screw pumps is said to offer the process industries a variety of options for conveying challenging fluids.
US Industry Metrics
In the US, natural gas prices dropped throughout the summer amid high gas production and sedated oil prices.
Gas processing news
GE Oil & Gas has shipped two LNG compressor trains that are being supplied for the development of Dominion’s Cove Point LNG export facility, currently under construction by IHI E&C International Corp. and Kiewit Energy Co.
Executive Q&A viewpoint
In June, Cheniere Energy Inc. revealed plans for two significant LNG project developments that are expected to add up to 19 MMtpy of incremental LNG production capacity and bring Cheniere’s aggregate nominal LNG production capacity to 60 MMtpy by 2025.
Editorial comment
LNG is an increasingly important source of energy for gas importers and a growing business for gas exporters.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
Gaz-System sa’s $3-B, 5-Bcmy Świnoujście LNG terminal (also referred as Polskie LNG) is an LNG import terminal under construction in Świnoujście, Poland.
Predict gas hydrate formation temperature with a simple correlation
Hydrate formation temperature (HFT) can be precisely predicted using a new, simple correlation.
Western Canada welcomes expanding gas supply, processing capacity
Gas processing plant utilization is fairly steady in Canada, despite oil price levels that have impacted propane and ethane values.
- Gasum selects Wärtsilä for another bio-LNG project in Sweden
- Vanguard Renewables breaks ground on its first organics-to-renewable gas facility
- Amarinth secures $1-MM order of API 610 pumps for Coral North FLNG project in Mozambique
- Linde selected to supply carbon capture technology to ADNOC’S Hail and Ghasha project
- Tecnimont to build waste-to-biogas plant to fuel local kitchens in India
