NGL

Shell and Mitsubishi to gather gas from Basra oil fields The Iraq Government has given its nod to the natural gas exploration deal signed between Shell from the Netherlands and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi). The project, which requires capital expenditure of around $17.2 billion, was initially signed in 2008. The joint venture,  Basra Gas Company (BGC) is state-controlled […]

Definition LNG Train refers to the compressors train used in industrial process to convert natural gas into Liquefied Natural Gas, called LNG. Comments The process to convert natural gas into LNG is based on three steps, gas treatment, gas compression and refrigeration. Since the natural gas contains many non-methane gas and impurities and water which can […]

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 […]

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, […]