Hydrocarbon Processing - February 2022 - GP-7

GAS PROCESSING NEWS
LEE NICHOLS, Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher
Canadian Natural
Resources to raise
capital spending
this year
Canadian Natural Resources
announced it will increase capital
spending this year. The company
cited sustained oil recovery and
gas prices from pandemic-driven
historic lows. Canadian Natural
Resources will increase spending
to more than $3.4 B. The company
also announced it will increase
production.
BCCK awarded
contract for
Marcellus-Utica
gas facility
BCCK Holding Co. was
awarded an EPC contract
to improve overall project
economics at a cryogenic gas
facility in the Marcellus-Utica
Basin in southeastern Ohio (U.S.).
According to BCCK, the company
has developed an effective
modification that will improve
on the existing cryogenic plant
design and equipment, increasing
propane recovery and associated
revenue in the process. The
project will utilize a skidded BCCK
patent-pending design, which will
be available to enhance propane
recoveries at many of the existing
200-MMsft3
d facilities operating
throughout the U.S.
Fincantieri begins
construction
on largest U.S.
LNG barge
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding
has started construction on the
largest LNG bunkering barge
ever built in the U.S. The 416-ft,
12,000-m3
vessel is scheduled to
be completed in late 2023.
Once completed, the vessel
will be under contract with
Crowley, the largest independent
operator of tank vessels in the U.S.
Crowley will operate the vessel
under a long-term charter with
Shell. The vessel was designed by
Crowley Engineering Services, the
company's naval architecture and
marine engineering solution group.
The ship will be used along
the U.S. East Coast to expand
current LNG network capacity and
satisfy demand for cleaner energy
sources for ships. LNG fuel is
one way to help decarbonize the
shipping industry.
McDermott wins major construction contract
for Scarborough project
In January, Woodside awarded McDermott an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and
commissioning (EPCIC) contract for a floating production unit for the $12-B Scarborough LNG project. The
floating production unit will process natural gas from offshore fields. It includes gas separation, dehydration,
compression, mono-ethylene glycol regeneration and produced-water handling.
According to McDermott, the integrated scope also includes the design, fabrication, integration,
transportation and installation of the hull and topsides. The 30,000-t topside will be fabricated by
McDermott's JV fabrication yard, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan, in China. The project scope includes a battery
energy storage system to reduce emissions on the topsides and support Woodside's net emissions reduction
targets.
Designed for a production capacity of up to 1.8 Bsft3
d, the topside will be connected to the semisubmersible
hull and pre-commissioned prior to transportation and installation in a water depth of 3,100 ft
(950 m), nearly 250 mi offshore Western Australia.
According to Woodside's website, the Scarborough project will extract natural gas from the Carnarvon
Basin offshore Western Australia and deliver it via a 430-km pipeline to a proposed second LNG train (Pluto
Train 2) at the Pluto LNG facility.
TotalEnergies signs agreements for the
development of low-carbon natural
gas projects in Oman
TotalEnergies has signed several agreements with the Sultanate
of Oman for sustainable development of the country's natural gas
resources. According to TechnipEnergies, the agreements include:
* The development of Marsa LNG, an integrated company
between TechnipEnergies (80%) and Oman National Oil Co.,
OQ (20%). The JV includes the possible development of
a low-carbon LNG plant in Sohar to produce LNG bunker fuel.
* The development of Block 10 natural gas fields in the western
side of the country. Marsa LNG will hold a 33.19% interest in
Block 10, with the project partners OQ and Shell Integrated
Gas Oman B.V. holding the rest.
* A gas sales agreement under which Marsa LNG will sell natural
gas from Block 10 to the government of Oman for a duration
of 18 yr or until the startup of the Marsa LNG plant.
Brazil imports
record LNG
in 2021
According to Petrobras,
Brazil imported 23 MMm3
d of
LNG in 2021. This is a 200%
increase in total LNG imports
vs. 2020. Severe droughts in
the country led to a deficit
in power generation by
hydroelectric power. To satisfy
energy demand, Brazil was
forced to import natural gas
from countries like Trinidad
and Tobago, the U.S. and Qatar.
These supplies help supplement
deficits for power generation.
Borouge to help power Egyptian Decent Life project
As part of Egypt's $38-B Decent Life project, Borouge is collaborating with Egypt Gas to provide energy
and infrastructure solutions to power thousands of households in Egypt. Borouge will provide gas distribution
pipes to help Egypt build a safe and reliable gas distribution network.
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