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Endress+Hauser Introduces Installed Base Audit Program

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:02:00 GMT

Endress+Hauser introduces the Installed Base Audit program, an instrumentation support program that helps plant managers and maintenance departments identify all the process instrument and analyzer measurement devices in the plant, determine maintenance and calibration procedures for each device, keep the devices and processes running at peak efficiency, and reduce Total Cost of Ownership.

MarkWest Announces Significant Processing And Fractionation Infrastructure For The Marcellus And Utica Shales

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:35:00 GMT

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. recently announced expansion plans for the Marcellus and Utica shales that include more than 600 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of additional processing capacity and 140,000 barrels per day (Bbl/d) of incremental fractionation capacity

Foster Wheeler Awarded Feasibility Study For Refinery Modernization In Albania

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a feasibility study by Albanian Refining & Marketing of Oil sh.a. (ARMO) relating to the modernization of two refineries, located at Ballsh and Fier in Albania

Air Liquide Acquires Air Separation Unit From Georgia Gulf Corporation In Louisiana

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:14:00 GMT

Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP ("Air Liquide") announced that it has purchased an Air Separation Unit (ASU) from Georgia Gulf Corporation in Plaquemine, La. The ASU produces oxygen, nitrogen and argon and is interconnected via pipeline with Air Liquide's existing gas production facilities in Plaquemine, which are located within a mile of the newly acquired ASU

Cheniere And KOGAS Sign 20-Year LNG Sale And Purchase Agreement

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:00 GMT

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") (NYSE Amex: CQP) announced today that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ("Sabine Liquefaction"), has entered into a liquefied natural gas ("LNG") sale and purchase agreement ("SPA") with Korea Gas Corporation ("KOGAS") under which KOGAS has agreed to purchase approximately 3.5 million tonnes per annum ("mtpa") of LNG upon the commencement of train three operations

Plains All American Announces New Bakken Area Gas Processing Plant

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Plains Gas Solutions, LLC ("PGS" and formerly known as CDM MAX, LLC) plans to construct a cryogenic gas processing plant with deep cut ethane plus recoveries and specification product fractionation capability, at its multi-product Ross Complex near Ross, North Dakota

Honeywell UOP Technology For Upgrading The Bottom Of The Barrel Selected For Refinery Expansion In Pakistan

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:26:00 GMT

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its new process technology designed to help refiners get more high-value product from each barrel of crude oil has been selected by National Refinery Limited (NRL) to maximize diesel and lubricant production in Pakistan

LUKOIL To Build A Tar Hydrocracker At Burgas Refinery

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:39:00 GMT

A turnkey project-implementation contract was signed in Sofia today for a heavy-residue hydrocracking complex to be built at the LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas refinery

Synenergy Limited LLC And Allard Energy, Inc. To Revolutionize Medium-Scale Distributed Ethanol Fuel Refineries

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Synenergy Limited, LLC, a global green solutions provider, today announced their distributorship with Allard Energy, Inc. (formerly, Allard Research and Development LLC), a leading innovator for small to medium scale ethanol production

Selas Fluid Wins Contract For Ethylene Furnace

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT

Selas Fluid, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Linde Group's Engineering Division, has been awarded a contract by BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP for a cracking furnace with flexibility for ethane, naphtha and LPG feedstock

Williams Partners' Springville Pipeline Starts Up, Connects 300 MMcf/d Of Marcellus Natural Gas To Northeast

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

Williams Partners L.P. today announced another significant milestone in building large-scale infrastructure in the Marcellus Shale with the start up of its Springville natural gas gathering pipeline

Foster Wheeler Wins Engineering And Procurement Contract For Petron Refinery Upgrade In The Philippines

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Foster Wheeler announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petron Corporation (Petron) for the Petron Refinery Master Plan-2 Project in Bataan, Philippines

OGX Announces The Presence Of Hydrocarbons In Wildcat Well OGX-63 In The Santos Basin

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:47:00 GMT

OGX Petr�leo e G�s Participa��es S.A. ("OGX") (Bovespa), the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, today announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian and Aptian sections of well 1-OGX-63-SPS in the BM-S-57 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation : Sinopec, Saudi Aramco Sign YASREF Joint Venture Agreement

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:49:00 GMT

China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) and Saudi Aramco recently signed a joint venture agreement related to the ongoing development of Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Limited, formerly the Red Sea Refining Company

OriginOil And Department Of Energy To Develop Direct Conversion Of Algae Into Renewable Crude Oil For Existing Oil Refineries

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:01:00 GMT

OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced its plans to co-develop an integrated system with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for direct conversion of raw algae into a renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries

Hoover Energy Partners LP Acquires Midstream Assets And Commences Construction Of Crude Oil Pipeline In The Permian Basin

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Hoover Energy Partners LP ("Hoover") announced today that it has acquired a 50-mile natural gas gathering system, water transportation system and water disposal well located in Reeves County, Texas from Eagle Oil & Gas

Qatargas Signs Diesel Hydrotreater Contract For Laffan Refinery

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:16:00 GMT

Qatargas recently signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Samsung Engineering Ltd. for a Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) Unit that will treat 54,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) of diesel, from high-sulfur into ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel, at the Laffan Refinery

Eco-Tec President Recognized For International Engineering Contributions

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:05:00 GMT

The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) has awarded Eco-Tec Inc. President and CEO, Dr. Phillip (Rocky) Simmons, the K.Y. Lo Medal for significant engineering contributions at the international level.

ONEOK Partners Announces Completion Of Garden Creek Natural Gas Processing Facility

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:12:00 GMT

ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced that its new 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing facility in eastern McKenzie County in North Dakota - the Garden Creek Plant - is now operational and serving producers in the Bakken Shale region.

Honeywell's UOP Creates Dedicated Gas Processing And Hydrogen Business Unit

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:45:00 GMT

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company announced recently it has established a new business unit dedicated to gas processing solutions and hydrogen