Gas processing

Richard DeSantis, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, analyses how under utilisation, over capacity and profit pressures are presenting new challenges and opportunities to European refiners.

Girish Shirodkar, Strategic Decisions Group, India, provides an overview of the ASEAN members, centring on the strategic apparatuses in place to fuel future growth in South East Asia.

A roundup of downstream construction news from around the globe.

Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP) project, which will bypass the Strait of Hormuz is nearly complete with first oil to flow before the end of the year.

Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has secured a £1.4 million Work Management Systems development & implementation contract with the Queensland Gas Company (QGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Group.

ExxonMobil plans shut down following pay dispute, but Total insists that operations will continue as normal at its Antwerp refinery.

Foreign investors back the projects, both of which will cost in the region of US$ 2 billion.

Boom in shale oil production prompts plans for increased local refining capacity to meet a spike in demand for diesel. Also includes a round up of news from refineries across the US.

The American Petroleum Institute supports pro job legislation to expand American energy production.

The statistics on petroleum demand for October 2011.

DNV are to class Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, the vessel is the world’s largest heavy lift vessel and can lift weights of to 110,000 tonnes.

The Minister for Energy has ordered an audit of refining facilities after a series of shut downs have stretched supplies of LPG and bitumen.

Rex W. Tillerson has been recognised by UN Foundation as the recipient of 2011 Global Leadership Award.

American Petroleum Institute has launched a campaign against punitive taxes on the industry.

The latest construction and maintenance news from refineries around the world.