Gas to liquids (GTL)
South America: Venezuela
Fig. 1 illustrates the annual gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation from 2006 to 2011 for Venezuela. High crude oil prices have helped domestic GDP growth, suggesting a healthy economy. ..
South America: Brazil
Brazil’s economic improvement was remarkable over the past decade, following many years of slow growth. On average, the Brazilian gross output of goods and services increased at an annual average..
Asia: India
The Indian economy has come a long way since the 1991 economic reforms. A decade and a half of economic reform and globalization is yielding returns that cut across all income groups. The domestic eco..
Asia: Japan
The Japanese economy showed steady recovery for 2003–2007. However, due to the global recession in late 2008, Japan’s GDP growth decreased to –1% in 2008 and to –5.5% in 2009. Due ..
Europe: United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe’s fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Union’s (EU’s) $900 billion overall chemical pro..
North American sales of natural gas vehicles seen lagging through 2019
While many markets in Europe and Latin America continue to struggle with expanding refueling infrastructure quickly enough to meet the needs of both consumers and fleets, the adoption of NGVs is still growing rapidly. North America, however, continues to lag.
LNG mobile fueling unit successfully demonstrated
The Linde mobile fueler allows customers to test the feasibility of using LNG as an alternative to fuels such as diesel.
Statoil and Wintershall sign strategic gas supply agreement
The companies agreed to a 10-year sales agreement for the delivery of 45 billion cubic meters (Bcm) of gas.
Enterprise Products launches new NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu complex
Expected capacity is 85,000 bpd, increasing total fractionation capacity at Enterprise's Mont Belvieu facility to 485,000 bpd. The sixth fractionator will facilitate rising NGL production from domestic shale plays, including the Eagle Ford and other basins in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-continent regions.
Midstream processors reap benefits as US targets liquid shale plays – PwC
There were nine midstream deals that contributed $11.1 billion. According to PwC, there has been a rise in midstream processing deals during 2012 due to the oil and gas liquids being extracted from the shale plays and as companies think through the various scenarios that may play out with exports.
- LyondellBasell to sell select European petrochemical assets to AEQUITA 6/9
- Shell reports June 4 fire at ethylene cracker plant in Pennsylvania (U.S.) 6/9
- Plug Power, Allied Green Ammonia partner for $5.5-B, 2-GW electrolyzer project to produce SAF, green urea and green diesel 6/9
- Carbon Clean, MODEC to accelerate the scale-up of CycloneCC for offshore carbon capture 6/9
- Ebara Elliott Energy signs high-speed balancing bunker agreement to expand Middle East footprint 6/9
- Rotork joins Rockwell Automation’s Technology Partner Program 6/9
