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U. S. -Iran war still trails the 1979 oil shock by total losses
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (699+ words) The Iran war has created the largest oil supply shock ever in terms of daily production losses but the 1979 Iranian Revolution remains the biggest oil crisis by cumulative supply loss, according to calculations based on International Energy Agency (IEA), OPEC…...
Tasnee completes $500-MM ethylene expansion project in Saudi Arabia
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (244+ words) Hydrocarbon Processing - User-Agent: : [ Mozilla/5. 0 (Windows NT 10. 0; Win64; x64) Apple Web Kit/537. 36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144. 0. 0. 0 Safari/537. 36 ] Tasnee completes $500-MM ethylene expansion project in Saudi Arabia Saudi-listed National Industrialisation Company (Tasnee) has completed construction of the expansion project at the Saudi Ethylene and…...
Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards" closes record-breaking nomination cycle for 2026
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (575+ words) The Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards" has closed its 2026 call for nominations with a record that underscores the program's growing standing as the energy industry's foremost recognition platform. A global industry responds. The breadth of participation this year reflects the…...
Methanex to indefinitely idle 860, 000-tpy Trinidad and Tobago methanol plant
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (448+ words) Hydrocarbon Processing - User-Agent: : [ Mozilla/5. 0 (Windows NT 10. 0; Win64; x64) Apple Web Kit/537. 36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144. 0. 0. 0 Safari/537. 36 ] Methanex to indefinitely idle 860, 000-tpy Trinidad and Tobago methanol plant Methanex Corporation announced that it has been unable to agree to a new natural gas contract…...
Air Products to exit Louisiana (U. S.) clean energy project; flags $2. 9-B hit
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (276+ words) Air Products has terminated its Louisiana Clean Energy Complex project and said it "would record up to $2. 9 B in pre-tax charges in the "third quarter. The industrial gases maker said on Tuesday a detailed review showed that the expected financial…...
Shell forecast: Global LNG demand expected to grow by 65% by 2050
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (505+ words) Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to increase to nearly 700 million tons a year by 2050, an increase of around 65% from 2025 levels1, according to Shell's LNG Outlook 2026, as countries continue to prioritize flexible and reliable energy security offered by…...
Innovations in liquid ammonia pumping technologies and applications
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (182+ words) Essentials for liquid-phase pumping. Pumps are engineered to raise the pressure of aprocess fluidwhile itremainsin its liquid phase, resulting in negligible compression and minimal change in fluid density. In the case of liquid NH3, the fluid can be assumed incompressible, as…...
Improving isolation valve reliability in delayed coker units: Field experience-driven design enhancements
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (321+ words) FIELD OBSERVATIONS: HOW ISOLATION VALVES DEGRADE IN REAL DCU OPERATION" FIGS. 1 A"and"1 B."Examples of fouling from coke fines due to improper purging." Based on"TAR"findings and operating feedback,"the authors" company"has worked closely with key partners and…...
From compliance to safe operations: Why relief systems design documentation matters in LNG facilities
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (852+ words) Hydrocarbon Processing - Accept-Encoding: : [ gzip, deflate, br, zstd ] - User-Agent: : [ Mozilla/5. 0 (Windows NT 10. 0; Win64; x64) Apple Web Kit/537. 36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/121. 0. 0. 0 Safari/537. 36 ] Special Focus'Gas Processing and LNG From compliance to safe operations: Why relief systems design documentation matters in LNG facilities Many engineers,…...
Technip Energies, Alterra and Neste launch Nerea, a standardized modular solution for plastic chemical recycling
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (542+ words) Hydrocarbon Processing - User-Agent: : [ Mozilla/5. 0 (Windows NT 10. 0; Win64; x64) Apple Web Kit/537. 36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144. 0. 0. 0 Safari/537. 36 ] Technip Energies, Alterra and Neste launch Nerea, a standardized modular solution for plastic chemical recycling Technip Energies (PARIS: TE), Alterra and Neste announce the commercial launch…...