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CERAWeek '12: US shale board talks fracking feud, hypes water management

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Adrienne Blume

Members and associates of the US Shale Gas Advisory Board (SGAB) opened the CERAWeek conference by sharing thoughts on the controversies and challenges surrounding shale gas and oil development.

Petrobras starts third train at Sabalo natural gas processing plant in Bolivia

Petrobras said Monday it has started a third train at the Sabalo natural gas processing plant in Bolivia, part of an expansion at the country's San Antonio exploration block. Total investments for the second development phase will be about $300 million, the company added.

Pakistan rejects US call to drop Iran gas pipeline

Pakistan isn't shying away from a fight with the US over Washington's threat of sanctions if Islamabad continues to push ahead with plans for a gas pipeline to Iran. New Delhi, too, has argued that it needs Iranian crude oil to meet its energy needs, despite pressure from the US to cut back.

Siemens to supply compressors for air separation plant in China

Siemens Energy will supply together with its Chinese joint venture SITHCO (Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Huludao Co. two pre-engineered integrally geared compressors for an air separation plant to China. The plant will go online in early 2013. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Air Products to boost Russia industrial gas output

Air Products will construct and operate an over 200 tpd oxygen, nitrogen and argon liquefier and cylinder gases depot in Krasny Sulin in the Rostov region of Russia, the company said on Friday. The total value of both investments is over $30 million, according to the company.

Reduce CO2 in acid gas from amine-based TGTUs

Sulphur Experts: Spooner, B.  |  Derakhshan, F.

Improve furnace temperature and sulfur recovery

HP Insight: Technology and market share: Challenges requiring ever-changing solutions

In this issue of HPInsight, workforce, fuel quality and capacity overhang are a few of the challenges that the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) must address and resolve. Expansion of the refining..

HP Construction: South America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Exterran Holdings, Inc., has a contract from Petrobras for the design, fabrication and sale of a major natural gas processing and treating facility in Itau, Bolivia. The facility is a dew-point gas pr..

Repsol to align with Pemex on downstream work in Americas, Spain, Portugal

Spain-based Repsol signed a strategic industrial alliance with Pemex, for 10 years, looking for synergies and profits in the short and medium term. The agreement involves cooperation in upstream and LNG in the Americas and downstream operations in the Americas, Spain and Portugal.

Natural gas output declines in lower 48 US states

Natural gas output in the Lower 48 US states in December eased 0.2%, or 0.14 billion cubic feet per day, to 72.54 billion cubic feet a day, government data released Wednesday show. The December data predate some modest output cuts unveiled in January as prices hit 10-year lows.