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UOP Russell modular systems recover valuable natural gas liquids
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oneywell company UOP Llc of Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, has announced that Mistral Midstream Inc has selected its Russell modular equipment to recover valuable natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas produced in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment will process 60 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas and is expected to be in production in late 2014 at Mistral’s site. UOP says that the modular design and construction approach enables equipment to enter service more quickly than alternative approaches, whilst ensuring superior quality control. The Mistral application is the first for UOP Russell equipment in the northern Bakken basin. ‘This project with Mistral showcases UOP’s ability to work in the northern Bakken basin, especially as shale gas, remote gas and distributed gas play a more vital role in the global energy economy,’ commented Rebecca Liebert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Gas Processing and Hydrogen, UOP. ‘UOP Russell modular equipment reduces field construction time and lowers capital and operating costs for customers, such as Mistral, and enables our customers to achieve aggressive schedules to first gas, which can generate significant incremental value for gas producers and processors.’ Mistral is a privately-owned company that builds, owns and operates energy infrastructure, such as processing plants, pipelines, terminals and storage facilities, which support both the natural gas and the natural gas liquids industries. Because it employs modular design and construction UOP Russell can easily ship equipment to remote locations where gas is often discovered. Modules fit together quickly and efficiently, significantly reducing construction time and expenses. This design enables gas customers to more quickly begin processing gas and earning revenue. The modular approach also allows for greater ease of operations for the customer through the use of common parts that simplify maintenance and training. UOP Russell equipment is one of the key technologies offered by UOP’s Gas Processing and Hydrogen business to treat and process natural gas, as well as to purify the hydrogen used in refineries. The company’s gas technologies extract water, mercury, sulfur, carbon dioxide and other contaminants from raw natural gas 6
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and recover valuable NGLs such as ethane, propane and butane. The business says it has supplied technology to more than 3600 individual process units for gas processing in a broad range of applications throughout the world. In addition to UOP Russell equipment, UOP develops and manufactures Separex membranes, Amine Guard FS and SeparALL solvent systems for acid gas removal, and SeparSIV MOLSIV adsorbent-based systems for water and mercury removal. It also has marketing alliances with Twister Bv and Ortloff Engineers Ltd for natural gas separation technology to recover NGLs, and with Black & Veatch to build small-scale liquid natural gas (LNG) plants. Contacts: UOP Llc, 25 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016, USA. Tel: +1 847 391 2000, www.uop.com Mistral Energy Inc, 440, 521-3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T3, Canada. Tel: +1 403 781 8181, www.mistralenergy.ca
Air Products receives major order for shipboard Prism systems
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ir Products As in Kristiansand, Norway, recently received its single largest order in the last 30 years for Prism nitrogen systems for shipboard applications. The order, from one of the world’s largest energy companies, involves retrofitting 25 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels by replacing a competitive nitrogen system with a new one that incorporates Air Products’ proprietary Prism membrane technology. ‘This order is evidence of the high performance and reliability of Air Products’ Prism nitrogen systems for on-site gas generation,’ said Rune Damsgaard, Business Director, Air Products Norway. ‘The continuous supply of nitrogen that these systems provide on board LNG carriers is of vital importance in securing the vessels’ safety, both at sea and during loading and offloading of fuels.’ Each of the shipboard nitrogen systems is engineered with Air Products’ Prism membrane separators, manufactured exclusively at the firm’s facility in St Louis, Missouri, USA. The membrane separators contain polymeric hollow fibres that use selective permeation under differential pressure to separate nitrogen from oxygen and other elements. Air Products As specialises in the engineering and fabrication of shipboard systems that produce nitrogen on-site primarily for creating inert
environments for potentially hazardous fuelling operations. To date the company has delivered more than 1000 Prism nitrogen systems for a wide variety of ship applications and more than 220 systems for offshore installations. Contacts: Air Products As, PO Box 4103 Kongsgaard, N-4689 Kristiansand, Norway. Tel: +47 380 399 00 Air Products and Chemicals Inc, 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195, USA. Tel: +1 610 481 4911, www.airproducts.com
Qua develops submerged UF membranes for MBRs
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ua Group Llc, a developer of membrane products for water and wastewater treatment applications, has designed a submerged ultrafiltration (UF) membrane for wastewater treatment and recycling applications that rely on membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Qua says that its EnviQ membrane has been specifically developed to improve the ease of operation and maintenance of MBR facilities. According to the firm, EnviQ’s innovative design offers UF quality product water with a stronger and more rugged PVDF flat-sheet membrane. In addition, its unique features, such as reverse diffusion and specially designed air diffusers, maximise scrubbing efficiency, resulting in reduced cleaning. EnviQ also significantly lowers the total installed cost of biological wastewater treatment and recycling systems compared with conventional activated sludge processes with tertiary filtration, claims the company. EnviQ is currently offered in three configurations: E-8C, 16C and 32C – each having a surface area of 80 m2, 160 m2 and 320 m2, respectively. EnviQ is the latest innovation from Qua, which in the past year has also introduced CeraQ ceramic membranes as well as MEGA fractional electro-deionisation (FEDI) and FEDI-Rx products for applications in industry and the pharmaceuticals sector. Qua’s products are available globally, with installations at numerous sites in the USA, Europe and Asia. The company is the recipient of a Frost & Sullivan ‘New Product Innovation Award for Industrial Water & Wastewater Treatment Technology, North America’, for both its FEDI and Q-SEP hollow-fibre UF modules.
Contact: Qua Group Llc, 1 Four Coins Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA. Tel: +1 877 782 7558, www.quagroup.com
July 2014
UOP Russell modular systems recover valuable natural gas liquids
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oneywell company UOP Llc of Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, has announced that Mistral Midstream Inc has selected its Russell modular equipment to recover valuable natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas produced in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment will process 60 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas and is expected to be in production in late 2014 at Mistral’s site. UOP says that the modular design and construction approach enables equipment to enter service more quickly than alternative approaches, whilst ensuring superior quality control. The Mistral application is the first for UOP Russell equipment in the northern Bakken basin. ‘This project with Mistral showcases UOP’s ability to work in the northern Bakken basin, especially as shale gas, remote gas and distributed gas play a more vital role in the global energy economy,’ commented Rebecca Liebert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Gas Processing and Hydrogen, UOP. ‘UOP Russell modular equipment reduces field construction time and lowers capital and operating costs for customers, such as Mistral, and enables our customers to achieve aggressive schedules to first gas, which can generate significant incremental value for gas producers and processors.’ Mistral is a privately-owned company that builds, owns and operates energy infrastructure, such as processing plants, pipelines, terminals and storage facilities, which support both the natural gas and the natural gas liquids industries. Because it employs modular design and construction UOP Russell can easily ship equipment to remote locations where gas is often discovered. Modules fit together quickly and efficiently, significantly reducing construction time and expenses. This design enables gas customers to more quickly begin processing gas and earning revenue. The modular approach also allows for greater ease of operations for the customer through the use of common parts that simplify maintenance and training. UOP Russell equipment is one of the key technologies offered by UOP’s Gas Processing and Hydrogen business to treat and process natural gas, as well as to purify the hydrogen used in refineries. The company’s gas technologies extract water, mercury, sulfur, carbon dioxide and other contaminants from raw natural gas 6
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and recover valuable NGLs such as ethane, propane and butane. The business says it has supplied technology to more than 3600 individual process units for gas processing in a broad range of applications throughout the world. In addition to UOP Russell equipment, UOP develops and manufactures Separex membranes, Amine Guard FS and SeparALL solvent systems for acid gas removal, and SeparSIV MOLSIV adsorbent-based systems for water and mercury removal. It also has marketing alliances with Twister Bv and Ortloff Engineers Ltd for natural gas separation technology to recover NGLs, and with Black & Veatch to build small-scale liquid natural gas (LNG) plants. Contacts: UOP Llc, 25 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016, USA. Tel: +1 847 391 2000, www.uop.com Mistral Energy Inc, 440, 521-3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T3, Canada. Tel: +1 403 781 8181, www.mistralenergy.ca
Air Products receives major order for shipboard Prism systems
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ir Products As in Kristiansand, Norway, recently received its single largest order in the last 30 years for Prism nitrogen systems for shipboard applications. The order, from one of the world’s largest energy companies, involves retrofitting 25 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels by replacing a competitive nitrogen system with a new one that incorporates Air Products’ proprietary Prism membrane technology. ‘This order is evidence of the high performance and reliability of Air Products’ Prism nitrogen systems for on-site gas generation,’ said Rune Damsgaard, Business Director, Air Products Norway. ‘The continuous supply of nitrogen that these systems provide on board LNG carriers is of vital importance in securing the vessels’ safety, both at sea and during loading and offloading of fuels.’ Each of the shipboard nitrogen systems is engineered with Air Products’ Prism membrane separators, manufactured exclusively at the firm’s facility in St Louis, Missouri, USA. The membrane separators contain polymeric hollow fibres that use selective permeation under differential pressure to separate nitrogen from oxygen and other elements. Air Products As specialises in the engineering and fabrication of shipboard systems that produce nitrogen on-site primarily for creating inert
environments for potentially hazardous fuelling operations. To date the company has delivered more than 1000 Prism nitrogen systems for a wide variety of ship applications and more than 220 systems for offshore installations. Contacts: Air Products As, PO Box 4103 Kongsgaard, N-4689 Kristiansand, Norway. Tel: +47 380 399 00 Air Products and Chemicals Inc, 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195, USA. Tel: +1 610 481 4911, www.airproducts.com
Qua develops submerged UF membranes for MBRs
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ua Group Llc, a developer of membrane products for water and wastewater treatment applications, has designed a submerged ultrafiltration (UF) membrane for wastewater treatment and recycling applications that rely on membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Qua says that its EnviQ membrane has been specifically developed to improve the ease of operation and maintenance of MBR facilities. According to the firm, EnviQ’s innovative design offers UF quality product water with a stronger and more rugged PVDF flat-sheet membrane. In addition, its unique features, such as reverse diffusion and specially designed air diffusers, maximise scrubbing efficiency, resulting in reduced cleaning. EnviQ also significantly lowers the total installed cost of biological wastewater treatment and recycling systems compared with conventional activated sludge processes with tertiary filtration, claims the company. EnviQ is currently offered in three configurations: E-8C, 16C and 32C – each having a surface area of 80 m2, 160 m2 and 320 m2, respectively. EnviQ is the latest innovation from Qua, which in the past year has also introduced CeraQ ceramic membranes as well as MEGA fractional electro-deionisation (FEDI) and FEDI-Rx products for applications in industry and the pharmaceuticals sector. Qua’s products are available globally, with installations at numerous sites in the USA, Europe and Asia. The company is the recipient of a Frost & Sullivan ‘New Product Innovation Award for Industrial Water & Wastewater Treatment Technology, North America’, for both its FEDI and Q-SEP hollow-fibre UF modules.
Contact: Qua Group Llc, 1 Four Coins Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA. Tel: +1 877 782 7558, www.quagroup.com
July 2014