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Mitigate CO2 emissions from industrial plants by conversion to fuels

Bio-Thermal-Energy Inc.: Young, G. C.

An economical commercial process is necessary to provide an incentive for the utility industries to engender win-win support for government regulations on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

EIA: US set to become energy exporter by 2026

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The United States is projected to become a net energy exporter over the next decade due to rising natural gas exports and falling petroleum product imports, the US Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.

Air Liquide commissions world’s largest hydrogen storage facility

Air Liquide has recently commissioned the largest hydrogen storage facility in the world, an underground cavern in Beaumont, Texas, in the Gulf Coast region of the US.

Handling mercaptans in gas processing plants

Consultant: Mokhatab, S.
Northrop Consulting: Northrop, P. S.

With the continued development of sour gas fields around the world, the removal of mercaptans from gaseous and liquid hydrocarbon streams is becoming a challenge for today’s gas processing plants.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Healthy US domestic gasoline demand continued, despite supply pressure from refineries returning from maintenance and resumed Colonial Pipeline operations.

Business Trends: India’s natural gas demand—a welcome sign for LNG exporters

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

India is emerging as the world’s new oil demand center. Complementing its thirst for crude oil, the country has the potential to become a hotbed for natural gas consumption over the next few years.

Industry Perspectives: New gas processing/LNG project announcements decline for second straight year

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

According to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database, over 1,000 new projects have been announced since 2014. Nearly half of these projects were announced in 2014, and the trend shows a steady decline in new project announcements since that time.

Shift to gas: A contribution on the path to sustainability

Schneider Electric: Koenig, E.

The COP21 event left the world with new mandates to develop and implement low-emissions energy sources to power the global economy. To limit global warming, the world must increase the use of resources like natural gas, which offers a quick, relatively clean and inexpensive interim step in the global transition from high-emissions resources to renewable energy sources.

Qatargas announces commercial start-up of Laffan Refinery 2

DOHA, Qatar -- Qatargas announced the commercial start-up of Laffan Refinery 2, marking an expansion of refining capacity in the State of Qatar. The project will refine 146,000 bpd of condensate from the North Field, the largest non-associated natural gas reserve in the world.

Polish regulator approves PGNiG gas price hike for Q1 2017

WARSAW (Reuters) -- Poland's biggest gas firm PGNiG will increase the price of high-methane gas it sells by 12.2% and the price of nitrogen-rich gas by 13.4% from the start of next year, the company said, citing an approval from energy regulator URE.