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Definition ASU is the acronym of Air Separation Unit and refers to the Air separation plant to produce industrial gases Air separation plants produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon from atmospheric air, normally by one of three processes:  – Non-cryogenic plants produce oxygen or nitrogen gas product from compressed air at near ambient temperature by physical […]

Advanced and Bayegan to build a new PDH-PP plant Advanced Petrochemical Company (Advanced), a leading Saudi Arabia based producer of petrochemical products, and Bayegan Group (Bayegan), a Turkish international trading company, engaged in petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals and other commodities, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a joint $ […]

Saipem submitted $600 million change order to Saudi Aramco The Wasit Gas Development Program represents $4.6 billion capital expenditure to build an onshore grass-roots Central Processing Facility (CPF) to process 2.5 billion cf/d of gas from the Arabiyah & Hasbah offshore fields and produce approximately 1.75 billion cf/d of sales gas. Offshore gas wellhead production […]

Definition NGL is the acronym of Natural Gas Liquids. These Natural Gas Liquids are also called Condensates and refer to the non-methane hydrocarbon gas such as Ethane, Propane, Benzene, Butane or Pentane which stand at liquid state within the reservoir at underground pressure. Comments While being at liquid state in the reservoir, the NGLs turn […]

$1.5 billion Dorra offshore packages for bid next quarter The Dorra gas field is located in the so called Divided Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. According to the agreement signed in 1965 between the two countries, this Divided Zone results from the ex Neutral Zone, 300 km Northeast Dammam in Saudi Arabia and 130 […]

BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips re-think APP in the light of the Shale Gas develoment The Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) is a joint initiative between TransCanada and ExxonMobil that seeks to build and operate a pipeline system to transport Alaska’s North Slope natural gas resources to markets. TransCanada and ExxonMobil began working together in 2009. Originally, APP was […]

 Definition Natural gas in a natural mixture of hydrocarbon gas, mainly methane or ethane plus other hydrocarbon gas and impurities such as sulfides, carbon dioxide and water. Natural gas is a fossil fuel found in natural underground rock formations and mostly in combination with other hydrocarbon resources such as coal or oil. Natural gas is […]

Indonesia Abadi fLNG to learn from Australia Prelude In one way, INPEX Corporation Ltd acquired 17.5% participating interest in the Prelude Floating LNG (FLNG) Project from Shell Development (Australia) proprietary Ltd in order to get the experience to develop the Abadi LNG Project in Masela Block. In the other way, Shell in December 2011 acquired […]

Petronas and Murphy Oil go for FEED on Sarawak fLNG In June, Petronas from Malaysia will qualify only two consortia out of the four pre-qualified groups that have responded to a Call for Tender for a 1.5 million t/y floating liquefied natural gas (fLNG) vessel. The Sarawak fLNG project is to go for exploration & […]

Definition LNG is the acronym of Liquefied Natural Gas. The Natural Gas is Methane. The operation of Liquefaction is made by the compression of the gas at moderate pressure and cooling at the cryogenic temperature of – 160°C. LNG is a clear, colourless, non-toxic liquid. The volume of the LNG is 1/600th of its volume as […]