Gas Processing/LNG

  • US approves Freeport LNG export application May 17, 2013

    Subject to an environmental review and final regulatory approval, the Texas facility is authorized to export to non-FTA countries at a rate of up to 1.4 Bcfd for the next 20 years.

  • Pemex to triple US gas imports with new pipeline May 16, 2013

    The gas supply problem is expected to be alleviated with the Los Ramones project, a pipeline that will carry gas from southern Texas to the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, which is a hub for the Mexican auto industry. Pemex plans to release bidding rules next week for the longest part of the pipeline.

  • BG Group to focus on LNG in streamlined portfolio May 15, 2013

    The company is seeking to lure investors back. In recent months, BG Group has fallen out of favor with investors and analysts following a write down on the value of its US natural gas assets, big cost overruns at a key LNG project in Australia and downgrades to its production forecasts.

  • PetroChina withdraws bid for Australian coal-bed methane gas producer May 15, 2013

    PetroChina withdrew a bid for an Australian coal bed methane gas producer, but will continue to invest in other Australia projects because of their commercial value and importance for energy security.

  • Indonesia to seek higher price from China for LNG May 13, 2013

    Under the existing contract, Indonesia can renegotiate the price when oil prices shoot up. The price of oil strongly correlates with the price of natural gas and LNG. The current contract, signed in 2006, uses a formula which assumes an oil price cap of $38/bbl, resulting in a selling price of $3.45/MMBtu.

  • ExxonMobil, Qatar sign pact for Texas LNG exports May 10, 2013

    This arrangement establishes a commercial framework to sell up to the full 15.6 million tpy output of the Golden Pass liquefaction project, and provide shipping and sales opportunities to existing and new markets, including leveraging the sponsors’ long-term arrangements for international imports.

  • Qatar to supply Egypt with up to 24 LNG cargoes May 09, 2013

    Under the swap deal, BG Group and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd will give Egypt about 500 million cubic feet/day of the natural gas they extract in the country to help ease its fuel shortage, while Qatar Gas will reportedly send the LNG directly to the companies' overseas customers.

  • Nigeria to review Trans-Saharan gas pipeline plan May 09, 2013

    Nigeria and Algeria signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in 2002 for the 4,000 km gas pipeline to carry gas from Nigeria's Niger Delta region through the Republic of Niger to Algeria's Beni Saf export terminal on the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Mexico City gas tanker explosion kills at least 22 May 08, 2013

    One of the two gas tanks broke away from the truck in the San Pedro Xalostoc neighborhood just off the highway, setting fire to everything flammable in its path. The truck was identified as belonging to a company called Termogas, which distributes gas in several Mexican states.

  • China's CNOOC to buy Australian LNG from BG May 08, 2013

    BG Group signed binding agreements with CNOOC for the sale of certain additional interests in the Queensland project for $1.93 billion and for the supply of an additional 5 million tpy of LNG.

  • Singapore LNG starts operations at new terminal May 07, 2013

    Singapore's new LNG terminal will have an initial throughput capacity of 3.5 MMtpa with two tanks, and will be expanded to 6 MMtpa by the end of 2013 and 9 MMtpa at a later stage.

  • GE buys small-scale LNG technology company Salof May 03, 2013

    Privately-held Salof is known for its cryogenic plant design and fabrication for small LNG and CO2 applications. GE, a leader in large-scale LNG technologies, said it recently launched LNG solutions with a significantly smaller footprint and capacity that are complementary to Salof’s offerings.

  • Shell-Iraq venture to double gas processing output May 02, 2013

    The venture will process 500 million cubic feet/day (MMcfd) of natural gas by the end of this year, Iraq's South Gas Co. Director said, compared with 240 MMcfd that was being captured in November 2011 when the JV was agreed. State-run South Gas Co. holds 51% of the $17.5 billion joint venture.

  • APA Group interested in buying gas pipelines from Australian LNG ventures May 02, 2013

    The APA executive said the ventures are particularly interested in selling the core pipelines running from gas fields in Queensland State’s Surat Basin to the port of Gladstone on the coast. He added that any deals would be more straightforward once the pipelines had been built over the next year or so.

  • EMGC 2013 explores Eastern Mediterranean resource potential May 01, 2013

  • Innovations May 01, 2013

  • Jurong Island—Asia’s preemptive LNG trading hub? May 01, 2013

  • Prevent methane hydrate formation in natural gas valves May 01, 2013

    The discussion here focuses on the thermodynamics involved and on the requirements for a successful natural gas valve application in which the incidences of hydrate formation and icing of the valve are reduced.

  • US LNG exports to help Asian buyers, threaten Australian producers May 01, 2013

    Gas buyers in Japan and Korea are expected to benefit most from potential LNG exports, while Australian producers and European wholesalers could be under pressure.

  • US-based ultra-low-sulfur gasoline rule released May 01, 2013

  • Woodside to study Shell floating LNG technology April 30, 2013

    In a statement, Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said he now agreed that floating LNG could be the quickest way to develop Browse, which contains an estimated 15.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Shell says its floating LNG technology is the fastest and most economic way to develop Browse.

  • Air Products to supply LNG heat exchangers for Maryland liquefaction plant April 29, 2013

    Air Products will supply its LNG proprietary C3MR liquefaction technology and equipment to a joint venture of IHI E&C International and Kiewit. It will be installed at Dominion's major liquefaction project, to be constructed at the site of Dominion's existing Cove Point LNG import terminal in Maryland.

  • Two fuel barges explode in Alabama; three injured April 25, 2013

    Early indications were that a spark ignited residual gasoline vapors while a crew was cleaning the barges, said Lt. Mike Clausen of the US Coast Guard, which was still conducting an investigation late Thursday. "That's where the investigation is currently leading," he said.

  • India's Petronet agrees to 20-year deal to buy LNG from US company United April 25, 2013

    India's natural gas importers are fast sealing deals to secure supplies as demand far exceeds domestic output. The nation currently produces about three-quarters of its natural-gas requirements, but will need to import nearly half of its requirements within a few years due to dwindling production.

  • Woodside sees high demand for spot LNG cargoes April 24, 2013

    Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman doesn't see any major softening in LNG demand as buyers anticipate future supply increases from North America and East Africa. Demand for LNG is "very strong, particularly for spot cargoes and we expect that demand to maintain strength [in coming years]," he said.


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