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Gas processing news

8/1/2015

For the last three decades, chemical companies worldwide have been working to develop a process to convert methane into ethylene.

Executive Q&A viewpoint-Schuetzle

8/1/2015

All fuels are not created equal, claims Greyrock Energy.

Executive Q&A viewpoint-Dandashly

8/1/2015

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

8/1/2015

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

8/1/2015

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

8/1/2015

On the west bank of the Nile River, just on the outskirts of Cairo, sit the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Improve the calculation of solids precipitation in gas compositions

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

GTL technology opportunities and applications are shifting alongside changing market dynamics.

A new approach for sizing finger-type (multiple-pipe) slug catchers

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

In the US, Henry Hub (HH) natural gas spot prices continued to slide into the beginning of 2015.

Gas processing news

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

6/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

The overall production availability of an LNG plant is a major criterion for economic evaluation.

Show Preview: ShaleTech Canada

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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

4/1/2015

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.