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Gas Processing/LNG

Regency to build new gas processing plant, NGL pipeline in Louisiana

The project will include the addition of a new 200 MMcf/d cryogenic processing plant at the existing Dubberly facility, which will accept gas directly from Regency’s Dubberly gathering trunkline.

Canada approves Aurora, Oregon LNG exports

Canada’s National Energy Board has approved two applications for 25-year natural gas export licenses. Issuance of both licenses is subject to the approval of the Governor in Council.

Honeywell automation technology selected for Asian gas pipeline

Asia Trans Gas selected Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System and Safety Manager technology to manage operations and to help prevent safety problems in a third pipeline to be built as part of the Central Asia–China Gas Pipeline project.

HP Petrochemicals: Ammonia production booms on cheap natural gas

IHS Markit: Keel, T.

Thanks to the availability of a steady supply of affordable natural gas as a feedstock, the ammonia and fertilizer industries in North America are experiencing a renaissance that has not been witnesse..

HP Gas Processing: Asian gas market seeks lower pricing, infrastructure expansion: Part 1

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

The Gastech 2014 Conference and Exhibition brought together a number of panelists from the buyer and seller sides to share their recommendations for securing Asia’s gas demand. The first panel session of the conference examined gas pricing, infrastructure requirements and market evolution, from a demand-side perspective.

HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Qatar’s petrochemical sector surges through new projects

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Rising gas production is propelling Qatar to be a global leader in LNG exports and GTL technology, and it will play a key role in the future growth of Qatar’s downstream sector.

British Columbian LNG project gets fourth buyer

Progress Energy Canada Ltd., Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd. and Petronas have signed transaction agreements whereby Sinopec will acquire a 15% interest in Progress Energy's LNG-destined natural gas reserves in northeast British Columbia and in the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility on Canada's West Coast.

Williams suspends US NGL pipeline investment

Gas infrastructure company Williams has suspended capital investments in the Bluegrass Pipeline, a proposed NGL project in the US, primarily in response to an insufficient level of firm customer commitments.

Enterprise plans new facility to export ethane from Texas Gulf Coast

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

Enterprise Products has long-term contracts to support the project, which is designed to have an aggregate loading rate of 10,000 bbl/hour, or up to roughly 240,000 bpd.

US renews ConocoPhillips permit to export LNG from Alaska terminal

The prior ConocoPhillips permit for the LNG terminal lapsed in March 2013 amid concerns about falling natural gas production in the Cook Inlet region in Alaska.