Gas Processing/LNG
Technip inks Venezuela production equipment deal
Technip was awarded a procurement, installation and operation support contract by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) covering subsea, onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated production system at the Mariscal Sucre Dragon development in offshore Venezuela.
Oxea raises syngas capacity by 10% at Texas plant
Global chemical producer Oxea has increased its manufacturing capacity for syngas by 10% at its plant in Bay City, Texas, it said on Monday, seeking to further optimize its value-adding chains and boost product availability.
Dominion seeks US trade permission to export LNG
Dominion has filed with the US Department of Energy (DoE) for permission to use its Dominion Cove Point facility on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Md., to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to any country with which the US does not prohibit trade.
US shale boom lifts petrochemical exports - report
The US shale gas exploration and production boom continues to fuel significant cost advantages for North American commodity chemicals producers as relative costs of natural gas and oil-based feedstocks remain far apart, according to a new report from credit-watch firm Fitch Ratings.
Gateway Energy acquires New York natgas pipeline
Gateway Energy has closed on its acquisition to acquire a natural gas pipeline in New York from American Midstream for an undisclosed price. The pipeline delivers natural gas into a plant owned by Owens Corning in Delmar, New York.
Air Liquide to expand Texas industrial gases plant
Air Liquide broke ground Wednesday on a new nitrogen liquefier at its air separation plant in Cleburne, Texas. The plant expansion will support market growth and fuel job creation in the region, the company said.
Air Products to increase Korea nitrogen production
Air Products will increase production of gaseous nitrogen at Cheonan City, South Chungcheong Province in Korea to serve increasing demand from the electronics industry. The company said it will build a new nitrogen plant at its site in Cheonan industrial complex.
Chevron greenlights Wheatstone LNG in Australia
Chevron announced on Monday that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its $29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia.
Air Products wins China industrial gas supply deal
Air Products will build and operate an air separation unit (ASU) and integrated liquefier in the Nanjing Chemicals Industrial Park in Nanjing, China. The ASU follows a long-term contract agreement to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy’s coal-to-syngas gasification facility in Nanjing, the company said. Specific terms were not disclosed.
Enterprise expands US natural gas processing unit
Enterprise Products said Monday that work is nearing completion on a series of infrastructure improvement projects designed to optimize the partnership’s Neptune cryogenic natural gas processing facility in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
- Consortium launches study to create a consolidated hub for recycled plastics 5/22
- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
