Gas Processing/LNG
East West ties up with Halliburton for shale plays
East West Petroleum Corp. announced today that it has entered into a contractual agreement with Halliburton. This collaborative effort will target potentially rich shale plays in North America, Europe and a limited number of other selected geographic areas.
Reliance, BP form JV for India natural gas business
Reliance Industries and BP said Friday they've formed an equal joint venture, called India Gas Solutions, for sourcing and marketing natural gas in India. They added that Reliance and BP will provide equal amount of equity to fund the new company.
Energy minister urges Canada to diversify exports beyond US, include Asia
Canadian Energy Minister Joe Oliver said Friday the country must diversify its energy exports beyond the US to include Asia and China. He said Asian markets, in particular China, are ready buyers.
Cheniere taps Bechtel for engineering, construction on Sabine Pass LNG expansion
Bechtel won a $3.9 billion deal from Cheniere Energy Partners to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for two new liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Construction is expected to begin in 2012.
US NGL production to rise over 40% by 2016 - study
US natural gas liquids (NGL) production is expected to increase more than 40% over the next five years, according to a new joint market study from BENTEK Energy and Turner, Mason & Company (TM&C). Current levels of NGL infrastructure are inadequate to handle the surge in NGL production and significant new investment is needed to relieve bottlenecks, according to the authors.
Praxair to supply oxygen for Uruguay pulp mill
Praxair has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen to a new pulp mill complex being built in Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. Praxair will build, own and operate a non-cryogenic vacuum-pressure-swing-adsorption (VPSA) plant with a capacity of 126 tpd of gaseous oxygen.
UOP technology used to process natural gas on FPSO vessels in Brazil
Honeywell’s UOP said Tuesday that MODEC has commissioned a UOP Separex membrane system for processing natural gas on a new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Brazil. The FPSO was commissioned in July 2011.
Foster Wheeler inks engineering, construction pact for Qatargas LNG
Foster Wheeler and joint venture partner Qatar Kentz have signed an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) framework agreement with Qatargas Operating Co. (Qatargas). The agreement will be for three years with an option to extend for a further two years.
Iraq cabinet OKs $17.2 billion Shell gas deal
The Iraqi cabinet Tuesday approved a deal worth up to $17.2 billion for Shell to capture and process gas from three giant southern oil fields - Rumaila, West Qurna phase 1, and Zubair in the southern governorate of Basra, a government spokesman said. The Iraqi Oil Ministry initialed the Iraq South Gas agreements last July with Shell and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp.
Atlas Pipeline to expand natural gas processing capacity in west Texas
Atlas Pipeline announced plans to construct a new 200 million cubic feet/day (MMCFD) cryogenic processing plant to accommodate rapidly increasing Permian production in Texas. Pioneer Natural Resources, which partners with Atlas on the WestTX system and owns a 27.2% interest in the facility - will participate in the projects costs and cash flows and will anchor the production growth behind the expansion.
- UTEP researchers boost microalgae biofuel yields with nanotechnology 7/28
- NASA tests new liquid hydrogen fuel tank for crewed Artemis missions 7/28
- Mizzou researchers engineer plants for optimal biofuel production 7/28
- India's top gas importer Petronet seeks loan to expand petchem plant 7/28
- EU Russia sanctions add fuel to red-hot global diesel market 7/28
- Spanish oil company Moeve's profit falls on blackout impact 7/28
