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Improve amine unit efficiency by optimizing operating conditions

10/1/2014

How can the efficiency of an amine gas sweetening unit be improved without additional capital investment?

Gas plant diversity united by economics, flexibility and proven design

10/1/2014

When examining technology options for new gas processing plants, it is important to consider how global gas plant diversity translates into design.

Use modeling as part of a compressor maintenance program

10/1/2014

The automation of industrial systems increases their complexity and cost, consequently reducing their availability.

Combine gas and coal feedstocks to displace high-cost oil

10/1/2014

Over the last decade, the price of crude oil has increased substantially.

Gas processing news

10/1/2014

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

10/1/2014

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

10/1/2014

Today, the DCP Midstream enterprise is the top gas processor and NGL producer in the US.

Regional perspective: US NGL

10/1/2014

Bushton and Conway, Kansas. Located in the heart of the Midwest is another key NGL production and storage facility.

Editorial comment

10/1/2014

The US and Canada are the world’s largest shale gas producers, and growing.

Boxscore Construction Analysis

10/1/2014

Australia is the fourth-largest LNG exporter in the world after Qatar, Malaysia and Indonesia.

GTL Technology Forum brings executive insight, new developments

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

8/1/2014

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

7/31/2014

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

6/1/2014

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

6/1/2014

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

6/1/2014

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

6/1/2014

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.