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Optimize Amine Treatment System Parameters to Maximize Profitability
Amine treatment units play a key role in the natural gas refinement process, and as a result, inefficient operation of these units can often result in excessive corrosion, increased maintenance, lower product quality and most importantly, reduced productivity. Because...
Audubon Overcoming the Challenges of Deepwater Topside Construction
Deepwater topside platform design is one of the most challenging tasks associated with offshore oil and gas exploration today. From FPSOs and TLPs to SPARS and semi-submersibles, the companies that possess the engineering capabilities, both operational and economic,...
Midstream Oil and Gas Markets Growing Across North America
With producers from the United States and Canada racing to meet rising global demand for oil and natural gas, the midstream sector is experiencing rapid growth. In fact, through 2015, nearly half of the estimated $30 billion being spent on oil and gas infrastructure...
Good to the Last Drop: Enhanced Oil Recovery
An increase in aging oil production wells has propelled the demand for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology, which can advance global oil recovery efforts and boost the growth of the exploration and production market. Enhanced oil recovery techniques revive aging...
Resurgence in Oil Refineries
Texas, Oklahoma and the Dakotas' thriving oil industry is prompting companies to both expand existing refineries and to build smaller processing facilities. According to data compiled by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. refiners are preparing to add at least 400,000...
Construction Costs Climb Due to Increase in Oil & Gas Wages
An increase in oil and gas wages has triggered a spike in America's construction costs, reports suggest. Independent data was collected by global information company IHS and industry procurement authority, Procurement Executive Group (PEG). Findings credit the 26...
LNG Demand Means Energy Boom for Gulf Coast Region
The Gulf Coast is quickly becoming a key exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as demand for the non-toxic liquid increases in global markets. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), worldwide LNG demand has risen by approximately 7.6% since 2000. What's...
Development Drilling Must Increase to Meet Demand, Study Suggests
A study conducted by energy industry research firm, Douglas-Westwood, reports that the oil and gas industry must drill 670,000 wells by 2020 to keep up with rising oil and gas demands. The report states that in 2013, over 79,000 development wells were drilled....
