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Combine gas and coal feedstocks to displace high-cost oil
Over the last decade, the price of crude oil has increased substantially.
Gas processing news
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally authorized LNG Development Co. (Oregon LNG) to export domestically produced LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the US, from Oregon LNG’s terminal in Warrenton, Oregon.
US Industry Metrics
According to the US Energy Information Administration, in the US, Henry Hub prices leveled out from a sharp drop in February, with steady to slightly lower prices seen between April and July.
Executive Q&A viewpoint
Today, the DCP Midstream enterprise is the top gas processor and NGL producer in the US.
Regional perspective: US NGL
Bushton and Conway, Kansas. Located in the heart of the Midwest is another key NGL production and storage facility.
Editorial comment
The US and Canada are the world’s largest shale gas producers, and growing.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
Australia is the fourth-largest LNG exporter in the world after Qatar, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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.
Uruguay finds floating regasification solution to LNG growth
Uruguay is quickly becoming the second-largest importer of LNG in South America after Chile, with the opening of its new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) near Punta Sayago, and its growing exports of natural gas.
What’s new in gas processing technology
Permasense’s integrity-monitoring systems use sensor technology to continuously monitor metal wall thickness and deliver high-integrity data from remote and inhospitable environments.
Diversification drives North American gas processing M&A activity
This decade’s dramatic growth of gas resources from what used to be considered “unconventional” sources—shale, mostly—makes one issue perfectly clear: the increasing need for new, long-lived infrastructure.
Simplify BOG recondenser design and operation—Part 2
An LNG receiving and regasification terminal connects 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.
Planning small-scale LNG? Manage engineering risk to maximize returns
The attractiveness of natural gas as a principal source of fuel for a range of uses is predicated on several factors. Principal among these factors is readily available supply.
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.
- Three killed, two injured in accident at LNG construction site in Texas (U.S.)
- Update: How Germany is building up LNG import terminals
- IEEFA: Europe’s LNG imports decline 19% with gas demand at 11-yr low
- TotalEnergies and partners launch the 2nd phase of Northern Lights CCS project
- Digital Exclusive: The value of experience—Why expertise matters in compressor overhauls and revamps
