GAS PROCESSING-WORLDWIDE CONSTRUCTION

Oct. 15, 1990
*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal. ARCO ALASKA INC. Anchorage. GHX-1 expansion of Prudhoe Bay field gas handling facilities. Design: RM Parsons. Completion: 1990. ARCO OIL & GAS. Fruitland, Colo. Gas gathering dehydration. Completion: 1990. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. Durango, Colo. 250 MMcfd coal degas compression facilities. Engr: Davy McKee. Completion: Jan. 1991. Ulysses, Kan. 400 MMscfd plant under construction. $140 million. Engr: Fluor Daniels Inc.

*Designates projects listed for the first time in the Journal.

UNITED STATES

ARCO ALASKA INC. Anchorage. GHX-1 expansion of Prudhoe Bay field gas handling facilities. Design: RM Parsons. Completion: 1990.

ARCO OIL & GAS. Fruitland, Colo. Gas gathering dehydration. Completion: 1990.

AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

Durango, Colo. 250 MMcfd coal degas compression facilities. Engr: Davy McKee. Completion: Jan. 1991.

Ulysses, Kan. 400 MMscfd plant under construction. $140 million. Engr: Fluor Daniels Inc. Completion: 1992.

*Superior, Wis. 10,000 b/d depropanization facility. Engr: Davy McKee. Completion: Sept. 1991.

AMERADA HESS. Tiogaa, N.D. Expansion of treating facility under construction.

B.P. EXPLORATIONS. Prudhoe Bay. Expansion of gas handling system in the engineering stage. Engr: Parsons. Completion: 1990.

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. Rangely, Colo. 45 MMcfd compression expansion-Train Ill. Completion: Dec. 1990.

60 MMcfd NGL recovery plant. Completion: Feb. 1991.

Lost Hills, Calif. 70 MMcfd stage. Engr: Parsons. Completion: 1990.

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. Rangely, Colo. 45 MMcfd compression expansion-Train III. Completion: Dec. 1990.

60 MMcfd NGL recovery plant. Completion: Feb. 1991.

Lost Hills, Calif. 70 MMcfd LTS plant. Completion: Dec. 1991.

70 MMcfd CO2 plant. Completion: Dec. 1991.

Whitney Canyon/Carter Creek, Wyo. 75 MMcfd south end compression addition. Completion: March 1991.

EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO. West Texas. Upgrade of compressor station in the engineering stage. Design: Fish. Completion: 1992.

*EXXON CO. Mobile Bay, Ala. 300 MMscf/d sour gas treatment plant under construction. Contr: Zachry. Completion: June 1993.

*JAVELINA CORP. Corpus Christi, Tex. 135 MMscfd refinery offgas processing expansion under construction. Contr: Fish. Completion: 1990.

PANHANDLE EASTERN CORP. Liberal, Kan. $25 million upgrade to extract 800 MMcf/y of crude helium. (joint venture with Air Products & Chemicals Inc.).

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. Tulsa, Okla. Boost compression at it's 25 MMcfd Creek gas processing plant including two 1,160 hp compressors. Planning.

SHELL OFFSHORE INC. Mobil, Ala. 200 MMcfd sour gas treatment/processing plant. The plant will yield 60 long t/d of sulfur and some natural gas liquids. Engr: Davy McKee/BE&K Inc.. Completion: Nov. 1991.

TEXACO INC. Erath, La. 10,000 bbl expansion. Debutanizer. Under construction.

ALGERIA

SONATRACH. Bethioua near Arzew. Revamp and improve LNG2 natural gas liquefaction complex. Contr: Kellogg.

*Rhourde Chouff. 7 MM stcum/d gas gathering and conditioning under construction. Engr/Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1994.

ARGENTINA

YACIMIENTOS PETROLEUM FISCALES. Campo Duran. 250 MMscfd LPG expansion in engineering stage. Product: LPG. Eng design: Fish. Completion: 1990.

AUSTRALIA

WESFARMERS LPG PL. Kwinana. 282.5 MMcfd plant. 190,000 mt/y LPG. Contr: Randall Corp./Clough. Engr: T. O'Connor & Sons PL-Adelaide.

WOODSIDE OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PTL. Withnell Bay, Burrup Peninsula (near Karratha). 2 MM mt/y LNG train No. 3 in design stage. 6 MM tons LNG total capacity. Contr: Kellogg/JGC/Kaiser. $900 MM. Completion: 1993.

BANGLADESH

BAKHRABAD GAS SYSTEMS LTD. *Feni gas field. 40 MMscfd solid desicant gas dehydration plant. Planned.

BRAZIL

*PETROBRAS. Amazonas. 20 MMcfd gas processing plant in the planning stage. 43,600 gal/d LPG, 4,800 gal/d pentane plus. Completion: April 1991.

*Cubatao. 77.3 MMcfd gas processing plant. In-house. Completion: Feb. 1992.

*Rio Grande Do Norte. 39 MMcfd gas processing plant in the design stage. 166,400 gal/d LPG, 21,100 gal/d pentane plus. In-house. Completion: June 1993.

CANADA

AMOCO CANADA PETROLEUM CO. LTD. Empress, Alta. 1,500 MMcfd revamp of Empress Straddle plant under construction. Completion: 1990.

Nipisi, Alta. Gas plant debottlenecking under construction. Completion: 1990.

West Pembina, Alta. 35 MMcfd natural gas plant expansion to 95 MMcfd in the engineering stage. Completion: 1991.

GULF CANADA. Strachan, Alta. Ethane recovery, NGL treating revamp and expansion in engineering stage. Design: Partec Lavalin. Completion: 1990.

MOBIL OIL CANADA. Rainbow, Alta. 20 MMcfd plant in engineering stage. Compression expansion method. $4.7 MM (US). Completion: 1990.

PLACER CEGO PETROLEUM. Medicine Lodge, Alta. 20-30 MMcfd plant. Preliminary design stage. Completion: Mid 1991.

SHELL CANADA. Caroline, Alta. 300 MMcfd expansion in engineering stage. EPC: Delta Projects Inc. Completion: 1992. *Sour gas processing pilot plant. Contr: Cana Construction Ltd.

TOTAL PETROLEUM CANADA LTD. Spirit River, Alta. LOCAT hydrogen sulfide oxidation process unit. Contr: Colt Engineering.

*WESTCOAST ENERGY INC. Fort St. John, B.C. 105 MMcfd expansion of it's gas processing plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Fluor Daniels. Completion: Late 1991.

CHINA

HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS CO. Hong Kong. 1,400 cum/d, Expansion of British Gas gas process under construction. Contr: Babcock

Shenzhen City, Guangdong. $150 MM processing complex. Capacities will be 86,200 mt/y LPG, 70,000 mt/y polypropylene, 100,000 mt/y gasoline.

Zhongyuan field. 45 MMscfd turboexpander associated gas plant. 50,000 mt/y ethane, 48,000 mt/y propane, 42,000 mt/y gasoline, 30 MMscfd dry gas. Lump sum contract: Linde.

EGYPT

AGIP S.p.A. El Qar'a. 500 mt/d gas gathering and conditioning plant under construction. Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1991.

*300 mt/d ethane, LPG, gasoline recovery under construction. Design: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1991.

BADR PETROLEUM. Western Desert. Gas/Oil separation in the engineering stage. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1991.

EGYPTIAN GENERAL PETROLEUM CO. Ameriya. 250 MMcfd plant in engineering stage. 112,354 g/d LPG, 41,580 g/d condensate, 19 MMcfd C2/C3 mix. Completion: Mar. 1992.

OPERATING PETROLEUM CO. Abu Qir gas field. 330 MMcfd onshore plant. Contr: Technip Geoproduction.

FRANCE

ARCO CHEMICAL EUROPE. Fos-sur-mer. 140% expansion. Polyols, deisobutanizer debottlenecking and TBA/MTBE debottlenecking in the engeering stage. Contr: Foster Wheeler Francaise. Completion: 1990.

GERMANY

VE AUBENHANDELS INDUSTRIEANLAGEN IMPORTS. VEB Leunawerke. Expansion of gas circulation compressor and synthese gas compressor. $14 million. Engr: Mannesman Anlagenbau. Completion: Dec. 1991.

RWE-DEA. Infenham. Revamp of gas storage unit under construction. Contr: Edeleanu. Completion: 1990.

INDIA

IBP CO. LTD. Gujarat, Assam. 122,410 mt/y of LPG and other products will be produced at three plants, Gandhar and Batoda, Both in Gujarat and Lakwa, Assam.

GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. $1.38 billion separation plant. Planned.

Guna, Madhya Pradesh. $490 MM gas processing plant. Planned.

MADRAS REFINERIES LTD. Thanjavur district. 10,000 b/d gas processing plant to handle crude and associated gas from Cauvery basin fields.

OIL & NATURAL GAS COMMISSION. Gandhar and Mehsana, Gujarat; Lakwa, Assam; offshore Krishna-Godavari basin; Agartala basin, Tripura. Five gas processing plants. 500,000 mt/y LPG.

INDONESIA

*ATLANTIC RICHFIELD BALI NORTH INC. Jakarta. 350 MMscfd gas processing plant in the engineering stage. Completion: Oct. 1992.

*ATLANTIC RICHFIELD INDONESIA, INC. Jakarta. 114 MMscfd bravo 2 compression & CO2 removal in the engineering stage. Completion: 1st Qtr. 1994.

*ARCO INTERNATIONAL. Pagerungan Island. 176 MMscfd gas plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Ralph Parsons. Completion: 1991.

EXXON PRODUCTION. Natuna Is. LNG plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1993.

PERTAMINA. Bontang, East Kalimantan. Badak III. 1.5 MM mt/y LNG train. Completion: 1990.

TOTAL INDONESIE. Tambora-Tunu fields, East Kalimantan. 250 MMcfd plant under construction. 400,000 g/d raw NGL mix. Absorption-glycol method. Completion: 1990.

ITALY

SNAM SPA. Panigaglia. 11 MM cum/d LNG expansion under construction. Contractor: Snamprogetti. Engr: Snamprogetti. Completion: 1991.

LIBYA

MOBIL OIL. 15,000 b/sd oil separation plant in engineering stage. Contr: FW Italiana.

OCCIDENTAL. Hakim. 24,000 b/sd oil separation plant in engineering stage. Contr: FW Italiana.

SIRTE OIL. 40,000 b/sd oil, 155 MMcfd gas separation treating plant in engineering stage. Contr: FW Italiana.

MALAYSIA

PETRONAS. Kerteh, Terengganu. 250 MMscfd expansion. 32 MMscfd ethane, 566,000 mt/d propane, 360,000 mt/d butane, 378,000 mt/d pentanes plus. Eng: TEC. Cryogenic expander method. Completion: Sept. 1991.

Two 250 MMscfd gas processing plants (GPP-2 & GPP-3) in the engineering stage. Consortium leader: Stone & Webster. Completion: 1992.

Bintulu. 100 MMcfd gas processing plant. $750 MM. (joint venture with Royal Dutch/Shell). Planning. Yield 12,000 b/d.

MEXICO

PETROLEOS MEXICANOS. *Matapionche, Ver. 150 MMcfd cryogenic expander under construction. Completion: 1992.

THE NETHERLANDS

AMOCO NETHERLANDS PETROLEUM CO. Offshore. 400 MMcfd gas production facility. Engr: Brown & Root. Completion: 1992.

NAM. Dalen. 1.25 MM mt/d natural gas treatment plant in the engineering stage. Design: Comprimo. Completion: 1990.

NOGAT BV. Den Helder. Gas treatment plant in the engineering stage. Contr: Comprimo BV. (joint venture of NAM, Petroland Group and Energie Beheer Nederland.) Completion: 1991.

NEW ZEALAND

SHELL BP AND TODD OIL SERVICES LTD. Maui, Taranaki. C6+ expansion. Products: 43,804 g/d LP mix, 21,400 g/d condensate. Completion: Jan. 1993.

NIGERIA

NIGERIA LNG LTD. Benny Island. 4 MM tons LNG. Completion: Early 1995.

OMAN

AL FURAT PETROLEUM CO. Omar field. 130 MMcfd gas plant. Completion: Mid 1991. (joint venture of Syria Shell, Shell Pecten, Deminex and Syrian Petroleum Co.)

PAKISTAN

OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT CORP. Lashari field. 30 MMscfd gas dehydration unit. TEG process.

Pirkoh field. 100 MMscfd gas dehydration unit. TEG process.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

CHEVRON OIL. Kutubu field. Gas/Oil separator in the engineering stage. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1993.

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. LNG plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1992.

PERU

PETROLEOS DEL PERU. Aguaytia-Ucayali. 30 MMcfd plant. 29,400 g/d LPG, 25,200 g/d gasoline, 33,600 g/d kerosine diesel. Refrigeration only. $40 MM. Contr: Pemex/Condux/Bruce/Upaca. Completion: 1990.

Camisea-Cuzco. 1,000 MMcfd plant. 600,000 g/d LPG, 400,000 g/d gasoline, 700,000 g/d naphtha. $1,300. MM. Completion: 1993.

QATAR

NATIONAL OIL DISTRIBUTION. Umm-Said. 10,000 b/d fractionation of heavy condensate (from North Gas field) in engineering stage.

QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. North Field development project. Arabian Gulf. 2,400 MMscfd gas plant in the engineering stage. Phase I. Engr: Bechtel. Completion: 1991.

SAUDI ARABIA

ARAMCO SERVICES CO. Uthmaniyah. 360 MMscfd expasion of gas/oil separation facilities, #4 and #13 in the engineering stage. Contr: Bechtel. Completion: 1991.

*ARAMCO SERVICES CO. Southern Area. 300 MBPD gas/oil separation plant in the engineering stage. Engr/Contr: Parsons. Completion: 1994.

SYRIA

AL-FURAT PETROLEUM CO. Tayyim field, ne Syria. (Syrian Petroleum 50%). 40 MMcfd associated gas treatment plant under construction. $30 MM. Contr: Propak Systems-Canada. Completion: 1991.

SWEDEN

NYNAS ENERGY & CHEMICA'S COMPLEX. Nynasnamn. Texaco gasification, gas treatment facilities in the engineering stage. Design: Uhde. Completion: 1993.

SHELL RAFF. AB. Gothenburg. 170 mt/d LPG, 70 mt/d pentanes+. Contr: Linde.

SWITZERLAND

RAFFINERIE DE CRESSIER. Neuchatel. 25 mt/d SCOT in the engineering stage. Engr: Comprimo. Completion: 1990.

THAILAND

PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF THAILAND. (25% PTT, 75% Thai Shell Exploration-Production). Sirikit field, Kamphaeng Phet. 40 MMcfd plant. 35,000 mt/y LPG, 700 b/d condensate. Contr: Randall Process Systems (U.S.). Completion: 1990.

Rayong. 250 MMscfd gas processing/marine terminal in the engineering stage. Engr: Fish. Completion: 1990.

TRINIDAD

NATIONAL GAS CO. OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO LTD. Port of Spain, Trinidad. (joint venture with Conoco and Pan West) 650 MMscfd gas processing plant. $100 MM. Yield: 6,500 b/d propane, isobutane, 3,300 b/d normal butane, 3,200 b/d natural gasoline. Eng/Contr: Pan West. Completion: March 1991.

UNITED KINGDOM

*AMOCO UK EXPLORATION CO. Offshore. 600 MMscfd centralized gas dehydration platform. Planned.

BRITISH GAS CO. Easington, Hemberside. 330 MMscf/d expansion of gas receiving dew point methanol recovery condensate system under construction. Contr: Parsons. Completion: 1990.

B.P. PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT LTD. Dimundton, Humberside. 450 MMscf/d expansion of gas receiving dew point condensate unit under construction. Contr: Parsons. Completion: 1990.

SHELL-ESSO. Mossmoran, Scotland. 1.3 million mt/y expansion. Contr: Costain Engineering Ltd. Completion: June 1992.

U.S.S.R.

MACHINOIMPORT. Tenguiz II. Natural gas and oil treatment plant including 2 Claus plants under construction. Contr: Lurgi/ Partec Lavalin. Completion: 1990 Tenguiz Ill. Natural gas and oil treatment plant including 2 Claus plants under construction. Contr: Lurgi/Partec Lavalin. Completion: Late 1991.

SOVIET MINISTRY OF OIL REFINING AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY. Surgut and Tobolsk. Gas processing plants. $10 billion. Feasibility study: Combustion Engineering, McDermott International, Mitsubishi, Mitsui. Completion: Late 1990's.

VENEZUELA

*CORPOVEN, S.A. North Monagas Oil Field. 5 MMscfd acid tail gas processing plant in the engineering stage. Engr: Parson. Completion: 1991.

*Jose. 800 MMcfd gas processing complex in the engineering stage. Contr: Fluor Daniel. Completion: Early 1991.

Anzoategui. 400 MMcfd expansion for gas processing capacity.

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