Greenhouse Gases
Overcome challenges in treating shale gases
Manipulating process plant parameters helps meet pipeline specifications
HP Viewpoint: Opportunities of abundance: How shale gas changes the energy landscape
Today’s reality is that the US has enough natural gas to meet growing demand, allowing the country to focus on domestic uses and export possibilities.
IEA says nations must act independently on climate
With little hope for significant progress on a major international climate agreement at this week's climate negotiations, nations must take it upon themselves to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change, the head of the IEA said Tuesday. To limit rising temperatures to an average of 2 degrees Celsius, global growth would have to come with just a 20% rise in emissions in the years ahead, she said.
Qatargas picks GE technology to lower emissions
GE has signed a contract with Qatargas to supply advanced combustion technology to reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations. GE will provide its Dry Low NOx (DLN) 1.0 combustion system designed to achieve low emissions levels of 25 ppm for nitrogen oxide.
Investment roadmap: Planning for carbon capture and storage
Reducing emissions can be approached with a similar method to any other new capital project
HPI Market Data 2012 Executive Summary
THE NEXT STEPThe economic recovery continues for the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). Energy drives economic growth. Unfortunately for developed nations, stronger economic recovery remain..
EPA punts on GHG regs for refineries
The US Environmental Protection Agency was facing a mid-December deadline to propose regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries. With that date drawing near, the EPA acknowledged it was in a fourth and long situation.
SABIC helps Hyundai's QarmaQ crossover go green
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) will take part in the 10th International Plastics and Petrochemicals Trade Fair to showcase its range of polymer solutions. A highlight of the SABIC pavilion will be Hyundai's QarmaQ crossover utility vehicle.
GE launches innovative heat recovery system for Canada complex
The world's first commercial ORegen waste heat recovery system, an innovative technology developed by GE Oil & Gas, enables a gas turbine to produce extra power without any additional emissions or fuel consumption and no water use.
HP Viewpoint: The evolution of safety in the oil and gas industry
As a safety professional with 25 years of experience in the hydrocarbon and chemical industries, I’ve had the unique opportunity to view first-hand the evolution of safety. Upon entering this fie..
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