Crude oil
HP Industry Perspectives: Is it too early to be optimistic for 2014?
The increased availability of natural gas supplies are redefining energy conditions. New natural gas reserves are shifting the order for producing nations. Shale gas reserves, once difficult to extrac..
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LNG terminal to be built in Uruguay GDF Suez has signed a 15-year contract with Gas Sayago for LNG storage and regasification services in Uruguay. Commercial operation of the new terminal is expected ..
US oil, gas M&A activity led by foreign buyers, private equity groups
Foreign buyers announced nine deals in the third quarter of 2013, which contributed $2.8 billion or 17% of total deal value, vs. four deals valued at $4 billion during the same period last year. On a sequential basis from the second quarter, the number of total deals increased 800% from just one foreign deal.
WGL ’13: Keynote speaker pushes women in energy to innovate
Innovation is key to keeping the energy sector at the forefront of US economic growth, and more of this innovation must come from women, says Amity Shlaes, a project director at the George W. Bush Institute.
Foster Wheeler wins FEED work for Saudi Aramco light crude expansion
The objective of the program is to increase production capacity at the Khurais central processing facilities by 300,000 bpd from its current capacity of 1,200,000 bpd, as well as to enhance production from the Mazalij and Abu Jifan fields by installation of a satellite Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP).
Kinder Morgan to extend Eagle Ford Shale pipeline
Kinder Morgan will invest $74 million to build an 18-mile, 24-inch diameter lateral pipeline northwest from its DeWitt station to a new facility in Gonzales County, where KMP will build 300,000 bbl of storage, a pipeline pump station and offloading facilities. The lateral will have a capacity of 300,000 bpd.
Use APC in energy systems―Total’s Leuna refinery case study
Advanced Process Control (APC) has been used extensively to assist in operating refinery and petrochemical processes safely and profitably. However, with the constantly increasing fuel and environment..
Improve inline blending with advanced analyzers
Due to tough economic conditions, refiners are pressed to improve profitability. There is greater pressure to optimize gasoline and diesel blending. What are the options to improve processing of trans..
HP Industry Perspectives: POLL FINDINGS: Pipelines remain crude route of choice for North American refiners
While the Keystone XL pipeline project remains in limbo, the concept behind it is very much alive.Roughly 70% of industry respondents predict that pipelines will be the most popular crude oil transpor..
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Changes on the horizon at Harburg refineryNynas has received approval from the European Commission to take over production and responsibility for the base oil plant and associated production units at ..
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