Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Gas to liquids (GTL)

Optimize operating parameters of absorbers/strippers in gas plants

Bantrel Co.: Nava, J.

Better recovery definition of C3s and C4s from gas absorber/stripper can lower costs

Siemens to work on NGL plant in UAE

Siemens Energy has been awarded a $40 million project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The customer is a joint venture between Petrofac and GS E&C on behalf of Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO), responsible for the fractionation of natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Siemens will be the main electrical contractor for GASCO’s Ruwais 4th NGL train, located in the city of Ruwais, UAE. The train is scheduled to go into operation in March 2012.

Bixby Energy Systems sells devolitization units in China

Bixby Energy Systems, through its Chinese partner, Global Partners United, LLC (GPU), has received two additional orders for its patent-pending coal-to-gas devolitization units. The first will be shipped to a methanol plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, to provide methane for the production of methanol. The unit will be operated through a joint venture with GPU and Ordos I-Valley, an industrial technology provider. The City of Ordos sits on about one-sixth of the total reserves of usable coal in China.

Improve overpressure protection system for LNG

Consultant: Wong, W. Y.

Relief events require better planning to ensure safe plant operation

How to buy glycol dehydrators

Consulting Engineer: Choi, D. W.

Purchasing with a better understanding of dehydrator operations can reduce costs for capital investment, operation and maintenance

Natural gas and LNG trade - a global perspective

Chemical Engineering Dept., University of Houston: Economides, M. J.
Consultant: Mokhatab, S.
David Wood & Associates: Wood, D. A.

New dynamics within the gas industry will accelerate its ability to eclipse oil as the premier fuel of the world economy

Consider updates for gasification process

Sud-Chemie AG: Weishaupt, R.

Improvements for purification and CO conversion increase reliability of syngas process

Understanding LNG rapid phase transitions

ioMosaic Corp.: Melham, G. A.  |  Ozog, H
Exponent, Inc.: Saraf, S.

This basic knowledge can help mitigate potential hazards

North American LNG terminals: Options?

KBR: Caswell, C.  |  Durr, C.  |  Patel, H.

Several critical factors should be considered when designing receiving facilities

Improved regasification methods reduce emissions

Mustang Engineers, LP: Hubbard, B. S.  |  Worthington, W. S.

New technologies promote monetization of global LNG