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Consider technology implications for small-scale Fischer-Tropsch GTL
Small-scale GTL processes aim to produce transportable liquid products from smaller natural gas reservoirs that cannot be profitably connected to pipeline infrastructure.
Valerus CEO: Modularization is key to gas industry evolution
Valerus, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a key player in natural gas wellhead production, handling, compression, processing and treating.
Small-scale GTL technology cuts production costs for drop-in fuels
Primus Green Energy is one of a small group of companies leading the technology revolution in small-scale gas processing.
Velocys shrinks GTL hardware, offers technology solutions for gas producers
Velocys, a leading smaller-scale GTL technology firm and solutions provider to the upstream, midstream and downstream markets, is making quick strides in integrating its smaller-scale reactors in downsized GTL applications.
Gas processing news
Sempra Energy announced that its subsidiary, Cameron LNG, has received authorization from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate a natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the site of the company’s LNG receiving terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana.
US Industry Metrics
According to the US Energy Information Administration, natural gas prices rose to a peak of just below $8/MMBtu at Henry Hub in February, before falling to between $4.50/MMBtu and $5/MMBtu through June.
Regional perspective: Canada
One hundred years ago, the success of Calgary Petroleum Products Co.’s Dingman No. 1 well in Alberta changed Canada’s economy and led to the nation’s first natural gas processing plant, marking the beginning of the modern era of Canadian oil and gas exploration and processing.
Editorial comment
Small-scale gas processing technologies and facilities provide alternative ways of producing synthetic crude oil, transportation fuels and chemicals from stranded, small or associated gas reserves and biogas.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
The Alaska South Central LNG (Alaska LNG) project, which was in the late conceptual stage in late June, would involve the construction of an LNG plant, an LNG storage terminal, a gas treatment plant and two new pipelines.
2014 GTL Technology Forum brings executive insight, new developments
Speakers and attendees shared insight on gas processing technology developments, project economics and business challenges, with a focus on GTL processing.
Bakken midstream developments offer solution to flaring
The Bakken oil and gas formation occupies more than 200,000 square miles of the Williston Basin under parts of Montana and North Dakota in the US, and throughout Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada.
Regional perspective: South America
The construction of the liquid separation plant at Gran Chaco opens a new chapter in the history of the petroleum business in Bolivia.
Simplify BOG recondenser design and operation—Part 1
LNG receiving and regasification terminals connect the intermittent process of LNG carrier unloading and/or loading with the mostly continuous process of LNG vaporization and gas transmission into a sendout pipeline system.
what’s new in gas processing technology
Yokogawa Corp. of America offers a panel-packaged solution for metering truck or railcar unloading and loading, based on the FCN-remote terminal unit (RTU) low-power autonomous controller of the STARDOM network-based control system.
Use a hierarchical process to evaluate sales gas compressor selection
Compressors are key equipment pieces in gas processing projects because they are long-lead delivery items that require the allocation of a significant portion of the budget, and their performance significantly affects operating expenditures (OPEX).
Reduce LPG sulfur with a ‘rules of thumb’ checklist
Processing sourer opportunity crude oils leads to increased sulfur carryover to desulfurization and demercaptanization units in refineries worldwide.
Determine compressor settling-out conditions for recycle gas loop design
The recycle gas compressor (RGC) is one of the most important pieces of equipment in hydrotreaters, hydrocrackers and catalytic reformer units.
Examine inlet separation technologies for increased reliability
Contamination ingression into gas processing units is one of the most prevalent modes negatively affecting plant operations.
Israel seeks options to export huge gas reserves
Israel is examining its policies and options for exporting natural gas in light of the vast gas discoveries made offshore Israel in 2009 [the Tamar field, with 11 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of reserves] and in 2010 (the Leviathan field, with 20 Tcf), as well as the smaller Tanin field (1.1 Tcf) in 2011 and the Karish field (1.8 Tcf) in 2013.
Ichthys LNG combines three mega-projects in one
In 2014, the US$34-billion (B) Ichthys LNG project, operated by oil and gas company INPEX, will celebrate its 50% milestone and move into its peak construction phase.
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As the natural gas boom in North America continues and new technologies emerge to reduce costs, company interest is increasing—and so is investment.
Gas processing news
SKF has signed a major contract to supply SKF S2M magnetic bearings to Ukrainian turboexpander manufacturer Turbogaz, helping improve reliability and sustainability for the gas industry.
Editorial comment
Gas processing facilities are as varied in design as they are in function.
Executive Q&A viewpoint
Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) continues to dominate the US midstream sector via acquisitions, organic growth and asset repurposing and diversification.
Boxscore Construction analysis
Papua New Guinea sits atop vast, untapped reserves of natural gas.
Flexibility is key to FLNG project success
Floating liquefaction facilities have a number of advantages over land-based facilities, but they also carry some unique challenges with regard to operational demands and feedstock variability.
Consider factors affecting onshore LNG plant design
In the LNG value chain, liquefaction is the most critical part of the processing chain.
Niobrara shale play is rich with gas processing opportunities
The unconventional Niobrara shale play (Fig. 1) lies in the US Rocky Mountain region.
Optimize small-scale LNG production with modular SMR technology
In North America, there is renewed push and demand from end users for cleaner, cheaper, locally supplied fuels for transportation and high-horsepower applications.
Select valves for LNG use as transportation fuel
Due to its high energy density, LNG is fast becoming a viable choice for transportation fuel.
- 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
