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Definition The coal gasification is a technology that converts coal into a synthesis gas (or syngas) that can then be used to produce chemicals or other products. The syngas produced from coal is also called “Town gas“. The syngas is a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O) Comments The syngas issued […]
AkzoNobel invests $180 million for 50% increase in Frankfurt Chloride and Caustic Soda facilities Caustic Soda is one of the most widely used chemicals in the industry. The increasing requirements in Europe for chlorine and derivatives over the past five years means the current plant is not meeting demand. Caustic soda is a solution of […]
After Kitimat LNG, LNG Canada will boost LNG Export Shell Canada Limited, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), and PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina or CNPC) today announced they are jointly developing a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia,Canada. The demand for natural gas, the cleanest burning fossil fuel, remains […]
Apache, EOG and Encana lead British Columbia gas development for export The Kitimat LNG project started in 2006 with the signature of a partnership agreement with the Haisla First Nations It took a decisive step forward in 2010 when Apache purchased a majority interest in the proposed project. Today Kitimat LNG is owned: – 40% […]
Air Liquide starts up new air separation unit in Tatarstan Air Liquide is pursuing its long-term development in Russia, and starting-up a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) that will produce oxygen and nitrogen in the Special Economic Zone “Alabuga” in the Volga region, Tatarstan. Tatarstan‘s economy is the fifth largest in Russia in terms of […]
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 […]
