shale gas
BP to invest $15 billion to develop Oman tight gas BP’s Khazzan tight gas project in Block 61 is one of the company’s top five upstream projects globally. BP’s Khazzan project is also the first and largest of its kind in the Middle East. In January 2007 BP signed a major exploration and production sharing agreement with […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
$4 billion Louisiana Ethylene Cracker: On going Feasibility Study The South African energy and chemicals major Sasol’s board of directors has approved a feasibility study for a possible ethylene cracker and derivatives project at Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Sasol’s decision to move to a feasibility study on the USA project comes after the company completed a pre-feasibility study. […]
After ExxonMobil and ENI, Rosneft extends its domino strategy to Statoil Rosneft and Statoil signed a cooperation agreement to jointly explore offshore and onshore fields in the Russian sections The cooperation agreement also provides Rosneft with an opportunity to acquire interests in selected Statoil exploration licences and assets in the North Sea as well as […]
Definition “CBM” is the acronym of CoalBed Methane. CBM is a form of natural gas found along with coal seams underground. It is also called as Sweet gas because of lack of hydrogen sulphide in it Comments In a natural gas reservoir, gas is compressed by the pressure in the formation. Expansion of the gas provides […]
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal opens overseas export to Shale gas production Originally planned to be a LNG Import Terminal the Sabine Pass LNG project in Lousianna,USA, had been left in stand by for a while, until the Shale gas industry managed to put the domestic gas prices down below $4 per mmBTU with a great […]
