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Amec Foster Wheeler wins contract for steam reformer heater in Egypt

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by The National Company for Fertilizers & Chemicals to supply material and detailed engineering for a steam reformer heater for its fertilizer facility in Alexandria, Egypt.

Ceramic-based conversion produces clean, low cost chemicals from natural gas.

A team of scientists from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (Spain) has developed a new process to use natural gas as raw material for aromatic chemicals.

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

Canada's federal government vowed to bring in a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018.

Much of 2017’s oil demand growth may bypass refineries

US shale gas may displace a growing portion of the world's expanding energy demand, cutting into the need for oil products from refineries.

Federal Reserve proposes new limits on Wall Street energy bets

The Federal Reserve outlined a plan to limit Wall Street bets on the energy sector by forcing companies like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to hold more capital against such investments.

Enterprise begins service at new ethane export terminal

Enterprise Products Partners’ first cargo of ethane to be exported from Enterprise’s Morgan’s Point, Texas terminal has been loaded.

Petrofac, Tecnicas Reunidas likely to win Saudi Aramco deals

British oilfield services company Petrofac and Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas are likely to win contracts to build projects for state oil giant Saudi Aramco's Uthmaniyah and Ras Tanura plants.

Australia's gas paradox: supply crunch looms despite rich reserves

Australia is on track to become the world's biggest LNG exporter by 2019, yet faces a looming shortage at home as states restrict new drilling onshore and cash-strapped oil and gas companies cut spending.

Gazprom sees record 2016 gas exports to Europe

Russia's Gazprom plans to export a record 165 Bcm of gas to Europe this year, as falling gas prices have made its gas more attractive to European consumers.

Qatar's Texas LNG venture eyes exports by 2021

Top LNG exporter Qatar anticipates exports from its Golden Pass JV in Texas to begin in 2021. State-run Qatar Petroleum owns a 70% stake in an LNG receiving terminal in Texas that is backed by Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips.