Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs)
Statoil preferred TLP concept for Snorre C on tie-back The Norwegian State-owned company Statoil and its partners, Petoro from Norway, ExxonMobil from USA, Idemitsu Petroleum (Idemitsu) from Japan, RWE from Germany, Core Energy from Norway preferred the tension leg platform (TLP) concept over a simple tie-back to develop Snorre C, the third phase of this […]
Enterprise to proceed with Appalachia-to-Texas pipeline The Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) is opening since September 1st a period to offer the opportunity for long term commitments with additional capacity for its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX Express) pipeline. Enterprise is a North American midstream leading company providing transportation services for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, […]
Dow and Saudi Aramco $20 billion Sadara takes shape Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). Once complete, Sadara petrochemical complex will be one of the world’s largest integrated chemical complex and the largest ever built in a single phase. The facility […]
Atum discovery proves Rovuma prolific to Anadarko The Atum natural gas field is located approximately at 16 killometers distance from the previous Golfinho discovery to the Northwest within the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin. In the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma basin, Anadarko Petroleum Company (Anadarko) and its partners share working interests as: […]
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 […]
Definition: A “cracker” breaks down large molecules from oil and natural gas into smaller ones. An ethylene “cracker” produces base petrochemical “building blocks” which are the first stage in the chemicals manufacturing chain. Comments: Natural gas companies have to remove Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) from methane to make it “pipeline quality.” NGLs are made up of ethane, […]
