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Pipeline Construction Scorecard Projects Planned And Under Construction Pipeline & Gas Journal's latest tally of international pipeline construction activity indicates that 52,298 miles of oil and gas pipelines are under [...]

2006-2007 Line Pipe Tables Abbreviations Denoting Type of Production Process CBW = Continuous Butt Weld CSR = Continuous Butt Weld Stretch Reduced EFW = Electric Fusion Weld EFW-DSA = Electric [...]

In Europe, gasoline and diesel fuels specifications have undergone dramatic changes. Collectively, new fuels are called 'clean fuels.' Any gasoline sulfur specification less than 50-ppm sulfur (S) is generically called [...]

Oil refiners are at the eye of a gathering storm, with increasing fronts pressuring both the supply and demand sides for crude oil and petroleum products. Under present trends, this [...]

Refiners constantly fine-tune existing units to improve operability and increase equipment availability; thus increasing profitability. Often, existing units are retrofitted and modernized several times during their service life. The Shell [...]

Situated along the Naugatuck River in central Connecticut, the city of Waterbury gained a reputation years ago for the quality of its brass products, earning it the nickname 'The Brass [...]

Kazakhstan has progressed from nomadic, to communistic, to free nterprise in its long and turbulent history. But over the last 10 years, the country has grown up and matured at [...]

In the past, refiners adjusted cloud point for diesel by adding kerosine. However, with the specifications for ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) of Options for clean fuels. One solution is to add [...]

Russia is a major player within the energy market. This nation holds the largest natural gas reserve, the second largest coal deposit and the eighth largest crude oil reserve. Energy [...]

To understand what is happening in Saudi Arabia's petrochemical industry, a quick historical perspective is needed. Until the 1970s, Saudi Arabia was a single-commodity, oil-driven economy. As an aspiring developing [...]

Byline: Nichols, L. Kuwait National Petroleum Co. is investing $31 billion in projects to modernize the country's Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries, as well as to construct the region's [...]

Byline: Thinnes, Billy Surging ethanol blending will undermine wholesale gasoline prices in the Atlantic Basin, starting in 2012, according to ESAI's newly updated two-year outlook. The outlook says that ethanol [...]

Byline: Korchinski, W. Beerbaum, A. Geddes, D. Heres how to make sure that the planning LPs always match the plant In today's over-constrained work environment, planning model accuracy does not [...]

Byline: Thinnes, Billy The Freedonia Group says that world demand for industrial gases will increase 8% annually to $52 billion in 2014 (Table 1). Volumetric consumption will expand 5% per [...]

Billy Thinnes, News Editor Comments? Write:BT@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Global demand for hydrogen is forecast to expand 3.4% per year through 2013 to 475 billion cubic meters. This is according to a new [...]

BILLY THINNES, News Editor Comments? Write: BT@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Praxair, Inc., has a contract with ExxonMobil to build, own and operate an air separation unit to supply additional nitrogen for enhanced oil [...]

Billy Thinnes, News Editor Comments? Write:BT@HydrocarbonProcessing.com Oil prices have been on a roller coaster since West Texas Intermediate hit a peak of $147 in the summer of 2008 and then [...]

New high-capacity trays enable retrofitting existing splitter superfractionator to expand unit capacity and conserve energy [TABLE OMITTED] The Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. complex located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, was recently [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] A new white paper by Dr. Joseph A. Stanislaw, independent advisor to Deloitte's Energy & Resources group, explores the forces molding relations between countries and the private sector [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] The global market for biodiesel is poised for 'explosive growth' in the next 10 years, according to a new outlook from Emerging Markets Online (www.emerging-markets.com). Although Europe represents [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] Natural gas production in Canada, after two decades of continued growth, reached a plateau in recent years--and may be set to decline overall in the next two. Canada's [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] A recent report from EPRINC provides a summary of many of the key supply constraints that have led to $115+/barrel oil prices. World oil markets have experienced a [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] China will continue its high growth momentum over the next two years. But with an expected slowdown in world economy and the Chinese government's determination to cool the [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna agreed to hold output steady. They said that record-high oil prices were driven by factors beyond their control, arguing that the market was [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] At mid-point 2007, the global economy remains relatively strong and is rebalancing. Much of Western Europe has accelerated, Japan features sustained growth, and China, India and many other [...]

HPI continues global growth cycle [TABLE OMITTED] Gas processing. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) continues to be a hot topic in the gas processing industry (Fig. 1). The rapid increase in [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] The impending rapid increase in the production and consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is widely recognized as a major factor that will affect the natural gas markets [...]

[TABLE OMITTED] A new analysis tracks productivity for one of the HPI's major feedstocks. A key finding from the study is that rising production costs are causing diminishing returns for [...]

Abundant, recoverable natural gas resources exist within U. S. borders, both onshore and offshore, in all types of reservoirs, according to the latest biennial assessment of the Potential Gas Committee. [...]

Natural gas might be clear and odorless gas but its future is as cloudy as a London fog! At the turn of the century, natural gas was hailed as the [...]

Top 10 Lists The Top Ten Liquids Pipelines In Crude Oil Deliveries 2007 Crude Oil Name of Co. Deliveries (000) Bbl 1) Plains Pipeline 746,868 2) Enbridge Energy 584,583 3) [...]

The Middle East is experiencing high immigration rates due to the steady oil-based economy that is luring workers from around the world. Kuwait has one of the highest immigration rates [...]

At 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), oil from Mexico comprises about 11% of U.S. imports. As a top-three supplier to the U.S., Mexico has been a consistent and reliable [...]

A surge in oil consumption coupled with rising oil prices has caused the Asia Pacific region's oil import bill to rise by 133% since 2000 to reach US$287 billion in [...]

Nigeria's oil and gas production and reserves capacities continue to record increases contrary to global trends which are moving in the opposite direction. Proven crude oil reserves now stand at [...]

After the unprecedented high growth of nearly 15% in 2004, China's petroleum product demand growth 'has become very difficult to gauge,' reports a new analysis from FACTS Inc. (www.factsinc.net). Reliable [...]

The growing supply of sulfur continues to be a global concern since demand for the element is not keeping pace with supply. In 2004, worldwide sulfur production totaled 68 million [...]

Oil is the most convenient energy source for the United States and the developed or developing nation of the world. Nations have become dependent on an abundant supply of fossil [...]

For second-quarter 2003, total production of 18 petrochemicals reported in an NPRA survey was 46.7 billion pounds (Blb). This is an increase of 1% compared with first-quarter 2003. However, it [...]

Mexico is ranked ninth in crude oil proven reserves and seventh in crude oil production. It is a major non-OPEC oil producer, and most of its oil exports (over 80%) [...]

During the first half of 2002, the Korean economy quickly recovered from the recession, especially in the consumer and construction sectors. However, this recovery stagnated in the latter part of [...]

The Brazilian chemical industry is a key segment of the national economy and holds 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Approximately 4,500 companies provide jobs for 300,000 workers. Brazil [...]

In Venezuela, the sole producer of crude oil and basic derivatives is state-owned company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., also known as PDVSA. In 2002, PDVSA's total production capacity of crude [...]

The petrochemical industry plays a vital role in the Japanese economy. Similar to other national economies, 2002 proved to be a challenging year. Japan's 2002 ethylene production was 7.15 thousand [...]

The Indonesian hydrocarbon and petrochemical industries are significant players in the Southeast Asian region. With approximately 220 million people, the fourth most populous nation in the world, it has the [...]

Russia has launched the giant Vankor oilfield which is expected to provide a boost to domestic production and help Russia increase its share of the Chinese oil market. Vankor's production [...]

In the natural gas industry, we often hear the phrase, 'the cure for high prices is high prices.' Basically, this means high prices incent production and exploration. High prices allow [...]

The Inter Pipeline Fund plans to invest approximately $72 million to expand oil delivery capabilities on the Bow River Pipeline system. The project will allow customers, for the first time, [...]

At the end of December, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) concluded that Chinese line pipe coming into the U.S. is being sold at less than fair market value, and [...]

P&GJ Staff Report A spokesman for the natural gas industry aid natural gas from shale plays--such as the Marcellus Shale field which stretches from New York to West Virginia--could double [...]