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Liquefied Natural Gas in the News

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been an important globally traded fuel source since 1964. Technologies involving extraction, processing, and transportation have improved, and with those improvements has come a new wave of supplies to be traded and used. So what's the...

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Nuances of the US Crude Oil Ban Debate: Part 2

In our previous post about the debate on the U.S. crude oil ban, we discussed domestic crude oil production and how the ban on exports has affected that production. Today we close by discussing the elephant in the room: what will happen to the global market if the ban...

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Nuances of the US Crude Oil Ban Debate: Part 1

Earlier this year we discussed the trending topic of the U.S. crude export ban, noting that many industries and government officials have been increasing calls for abolishing the 40-year-old ban. That debate has only become more vocal recently. With the 1970 U.S....

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Methods of NGL Extraction

Natural gas producers have several methods at their disposal for extracting natural gas liquids (NGLs) from feeds. The process and equipment used largely depends on the makeup of the gas as well as economic concerns. For example, natural gas streams can at times be...

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Gas Gathering Systems Vital to the Stream

As with crude oil, the transportation of natural gas isn't always straightforward. Rather than coming directly from a well and straight to your home or business, natural gas must navigate a carefully planned highway of pipes, valves, stations, and processing plants...

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Liquefied Natural Gas Transportation and Storage

Natural gas consumption in the United States was measured at roughly 24.3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2011, yet as shale plays in the country have expanded, so too has natural gas production. This has resulted in a glut of natural gas in the U.S. and Canada,...

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