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For the last three decades, chemical companies worldwide have been working to develop a process to convert methane into ethylene.
Executive Q&A viewpoint-Dandashly
Gas Processing spoke to Hasan Dandashly, president and CEO of Downstream Technology Solutions for GE Oil and Gas, about the role of small-scale LNG in the evolving natural gas marketplace, the challenges and opportunities for implementing small-scale gas processing in different world regions, and the outlook for floating LNG (FLNG).
Industry perspective
NGL production is growing fast. According to RBN Energy, NGL production from natural gas processing increased in the US from 1.7 MMbpd in 2009 to almost 3 MMbpd in 2014, and is expected to continue growing to 4.5 MMbpd by 2019. NGL production far exceeds demand, and the gap is growing.
Editorial comment
Small-scale gas processing projects are reaching a broader audience as companies seek niche solutions for monetizing stranded and associated gas reserves.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
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Improve the calculation of solids precipitation in gas compositions
The formation of solids during the cooling of natural gas streams is of high importance in gas processing, as the operational reliability of the entire plant is at stake.
GTL Technology Forum 2015 to examine tech trends in shifting market
GTL technology opportunities and applications are shifting alongside changing market dynamics.
A new approach for sizing finger-type (multiple-pipe) slug catchers
A slug catcher, which is a part of the gas pipeline system, is essential equipment at the receiving terminal of a multiphase-flow processing plant.
The Bakken shale’s good news for gas processors
As unconventional oil and gas production in North Dakota’s (ND’s) Bakken shale play tops 1 Bcfd amid falling crude oil prices, some upstream developers show early indications of moving their focus away from oil and toward more natural gas—which is good news for gas processors.
Improve economics with GTL integration into oil sands operations
At the beginning of the last decade, a wave of interest in GTL was driven by environmental awareness and peak oil predictions.
How technology is opening up new markets for shale gas and GTL
The shale revolution has been the biggest driver of change in the energy landscape in North America over the past 10 years, and it is expected to continue to be the driving force for the foreseeable future.
Retrofit an LPG plant for improved output and ethane recovery
An LPG plant in Damietta, Egypt, operated by El-Wastani Petroleum Co. (WASCO), contains a turboexpander LPG recovery unit.
Retool heat exchanger design for different operating scenarios
For many applications in the process industries, process fluid (either gas or liquid) is heated by steam to maintain the desired process outlet temperature. Generally, the process fluid is heated in the tube side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger by the steam flow in the shell side.
What’s new in gas processing technology
Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela.
US Industry Metrics
In the US, Henry Hub (HH) natural gas spot prices continued to slide into the beginning of 2015.
Gas processing news
The Linde Group, via its Swedish Engineering subsidiary, Cryo AB, has been awarded a contract by Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland to build an LNG fuel gas system for a next-generation high-speed ferry being built for AS Tallink Grupp.
Executive Q&A viewpoint
In today’s low-oil-price environment, energy operating and service companies are finding synergies in mergers and acquisitions to create added value and to reduce costs.
Industry perspective
Gas Processing spoke to Alfredo Ingelmo Torres, chair of the marketing committee of the International Gas Union (IGU), director at Gas Natural CEGAS in eastern Spain and a speaker at the 26th World Gas Conference (WGC) in Paris, France, a media partner of Gas Processing.
Editorial comment
The startup of Chevron’s $10-B, 33-Mbpd Escravos GTL plant in Nigeria in the second half of 2014 marked the operation of the world’s fifth large-scale GTL project.
Boxscore Construction Analysis
Mexico suffered years of gas shortages as US pipeline capacity failed to keep up with its growing industrial demand for gas, and as state energy firm Pemex focused on more profitable oil production.
Understanding RAM analysis and typical availability values for LNG plants
The overall production availability of an LNG plant is a major criterion for economic evaluation.
Show Preview: ShaleTech Canada
ShaleTech Canada 2015 is the premier event for professionals working in the shale oil and gas industry in Canada, which is the world’s fifth-largest oil producer.
Marcellus-Utica gas processing builds, despite oil price slump
Oil prices have fallen by more than 50% since the June 2014 high of $107.20/bbl, prompting many upstream and oilfield-services companies to slash their 2015 budgets.
Troubleshoot and solve a gas treater downcomer unsealing problem: Part 2
The ADGAS Integrated Gas Development (IGD) fuel gas treatment (FGT) system is a methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) absorber-regenerator system designed to supply 25 MMscfd of sweet fuel gas (having less than 20 ppm of H2S) for the IGD turbines and the flare purge and pilots.
The ‘seven deadly sins’ of filtration and separation systems
Separation systems play a fundamental role in gas processing, both for reliability and as enabling devices for enhanced throughput and process stability.
Powering the changing landscape of shale gas
Natural gas is one of the most abundant resources to come out of the horizontal drilling revolution in unconventional plays.
Optimize capacity and efficiency for an amine unit
The removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas is a necessary treating step prior to cryogenic processing.
Consider low-strength acid gas processing retrofit options for sulfur recovery
The natural gas fields feeding Saudi Aramco’s Haradh gas plant in Haradh, Saudi Arabia contain gas with more CO2 content than H2S.
What’s new in gas processing technology
Nextteq’s line of Gastec pumps and detector tubes precisely measures gases and vapors in over 600 applications, making it useful for gas detection and measurement, as well as for detecting leaks and fugitive emissions.
- Japan's Mitsubishi to acquire stake in Petronas LNG plant
- McDermott awarded Rovuma LNG Phase 1 FEED contract in Mozambique
- Fincantieri LNG-powered Star Princess launched in Monfalcone
- Wood leads industry project to accelerate CCUS with guidelines for CO2 specifications
- Picarro launches handheld solution for natural gas leak investigation and closed-loop leak management
- Picarro launches handheld solution for natural gas leak investigation and closed-loop leak management
- Fincantieri LNG-powered Star Princess launched in Monfalcone
- Sonatrach, Saudi Aramco raise prices for LPG by 3%–4% in October
- Amarinth secures $1-MM order of API 610 pumps for Coral North FLNG project in Mozambique
