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Gas Processing/LNG

Praxair to expand New York liquid hydrogen plant

The investment from Praxair will not only retain 78 jobs, but also serve growing customer needs for hydrogen in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the US, and southeastern Canada.

New GTL venture to develop global GTL plants via landfill gas, biogas

All four members will work exclusively through the JV to pursue the intended application (GTL using renewable gas, optionally in conjunction with natural gas) in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and China.

Gastech ’14: Asian gas buyers seek new pricing, more infrastructure

The use of new technology to develop gas supply—i.e., floating LNG and innovative GTL technologies—is contributing to the diversification of supplies.

CB&I wins Wheatstone LNG work in Australia

CB&I has been awarded a contract by Bechtel valued in excess of $625 million to provide structural, mechanical and piping construction work for all outside battery limits modules and associated units for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project at Ashburton North in Western Australia.

SIBUR approves Russia gas processing expansion

New facilities to be built at the Vyngapurovsky gas processing plant in Russia will increase the annual processing capacity of associated petroleum gas from 2.8 to 4.2 bcm.

CompactGTL to build Kazakhstan commercial plant

In furtherance of the agreement with the Kazakhstan government, CompactGTL intends to build the world’s first commercially deployed small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Kazakhstan.

Sinopec to buy US propane from Phillips 66

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

In recent years, there has been a huge increase in propane supply due to the rapid development of shale gas in the US. That has helped make LPG prices more competitive.

GEA to deliver heat exchangers for Yamal LNG

The order was for more than 400 air cooled heat exchangers for the three-line LNG plant under construction on the Siberian peninsula of Yamal. GEA BTT will design the heat exchangers, manufacture them over a period of three years, and deliver them to the customer (Technip and JGC).

Air Liquide opens new North Dakota nitrogen plant

The use of liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the exploration process can displace the use of water by upwards of 50% and offers production and environmental benefits to traditional methods.

EMGC ’14: Gas infrastructure expansions require reliability, diversity — experts

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Adrienne Blume

Executives gave brief reviews of various gas composition characteristics, thermodynamic technologies for gas processing, and the basic operational flow for a typical gas processing plant's main functions—acid gas removal, dehydration and natural gas liquids (NGL) removal.