Gas processing

Recent announcements from companies active in the global oil and gas sector.

TruStar Energy has opened its first public compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station in Orlando, Florida.

After signing a new contract, GE Oil & Gas is set to provide remote monitoring and diagnostics for CLH Group’s centrifugal pump fleet.

Crane celebrated its 160-year anniversary at the Valve World Americas Expo.

The basis for controlling the burn efficiency in flare began to take hold in the 1980s as the EPA concluded that flares that are properly designed and operated can result in combustion efficiencies in excess of 96.5%.

Bear Head LNG has received authorisation to export 440 billion ft3/y of US natural gas to Canada and 8 million tpy of LNG from Canada to FTA countries

Sulzer has studied issues which may effect the service life of the motors and generators and has proposed potential resolutions to these.

FERC staff have prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Magnolia LNG Project and Kinder Morgan’s Lake Charles Expansion Project.

A brief review of the news from the downstream sector over the weekend.

A roundup of the latest downstream news headlines.

Prolonging the service life of large motors and generators can deliver significant improvements in their life cycle cost as well as operational savings for production facilities.

EIA has begun publishing data on base gas levels in natural gas storage facilities through its natural gas query system.

Kinder Morgan is to purchase 100% of Shell’s equity interest in the Elba LNG liquefaction joint venture.

The EU Commission has proposed an update for energy efficiency labelling and a revision of the EU Emissions Trading System.

The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) has released a new paper: ‘US Resource Nationalism: The Impact of Energy Trade Restrictions on National Security’.