Natural Gas
Business Trends: Special report--Global LNG overview
Liquified natural gas is forecast to become one of the most valuable commodities in the world.
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Asian margins showed a strong recovery due to higher winter heating fuel demand, supporting middle distillate crack spreads.
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Global refinery margins fell due to the expectations of a mild winter and an oversupply environment.
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A sharp drop in the gasoline crack spread following the end of the US driving season and increasing inventories caused refinery margins to fall.
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High US refinery utilization rates have continued, encouraged by strong gasoline demand amid lower crude prices.
Central America: A downstream outlook to 2020
Due to the growth in the region’s middle class, Latin America has seen tremendous petroleum products demand growth over the past decade.
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To satisfy its growing refined fuel demand, Latin America has relied heavily on imports from the US. Major refinery projects have been announced to curb this reliance, but the drop in crude oil prices has limited capacity expansions.
Optimizing turbomachinery energy savings with control technologies
Plant managers who work in a hydrocarbon-processing-industry (HPI), power-generation or other industrial facility can relate to the need to optimize energy consumption. Opportunities to reduce unneces..
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Russian blending facility utilizes advanced control technologyLUKOIL’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, will integrate Honeywell software, which is designed ..
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Refinery utilization rates in the US, encouraged by the high driving season demand, continued to rise following the end of the heavy maintenance season. Regional demand in Asia continued lending suppo..
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