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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.
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.
- Biogas in France: TotalEnergies starts its 2nd largest unit in Normandy
- ONEOK announces joint ventures with MPLX to build LPG export terminal at U.S. Gulf Coast location
- Ukraine plans to import 800 MMm3 of gas until April after Russian strikes
- Parker Hannifin joins iHAPC project to test H2 and argon for cleaner and more energy-efficient engine technologies
- India's BPCL signs LPG supply deal with Norway's Equinor
