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  1. Improving fractionation lowers butane sulfur level at Saudi gas plant

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    Mon, 12 Oct 1998

    first fractionated into ethane, propane, butane , and C 5 + (natural gasoline). Afterwards ..... are then removed from the propane and butane by caustic extraction in UOP Merox units ..... has successfully produced propane and butane with 10 ppm or less total sulfur (30

  2. BUTANE SEGREGATED BY FLUORIDES, OLEFINS CONTENT AT TEXAS TERMINALS

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    Mon, 22 Mar 1993

    Teppco), this month has begun segregating butane streams at the company's Mont Belvieu ..... products pipeline company is segregating butane streams for specific end users. Product ..... Co., and Mobil Oil Co. During 1992, butane movements along Teppco's Gulf Coast

  1. Alert issued for commingling propane, butane

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    Wed, 17 Aug 2005

    has issued a safety alert about the commingling of propane and butane on LPG tankers. SIGTTO says the practice, often initiated ..... refrigerated gas carriers. Mixing refrigerated propane and butane can create large amounts of flash gas, which must be controlled

  2. Vopak Shanghai awards CB&I contract for refrigerated butane storage tank in China

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    Tue, 20 May 2003

    design and build a refrigerated, liquid butane storage facility at the Shanghai Chemical ..... tank to store 50,000 cu m of liquid butane at -4°C. The contract includes tank ..... instrumentation works, including an open-loop butane refrigeration system. It is to be completed

  3. CAA ACTION TO CUT NORMAL BUTANE DEMAND

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    Mon, 17 Sep 1990

    will reduce U.S. demand for normal butane by an estimated 159,000 b/d by 1992. But long term demand for normal butane and isobutane will increase substantially ..... vapor pressure. Demand for normal butane will increase as more is isomerized

  4. NEW UNIT NEARLY FINISHED AT ASHLAND REFINERY

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    Mon, 24 Sep 1990

    expects to complete a 4,000 b/d butane isomerization unit at its Catlettsburg ..... isobutane from excess volumes of normal butane resulting from reductions in gasoline ..... like most refiners, was left with excess butane last summer after complying with new federal

  5. PETROCHEMICALS - WORLDWIDE CONSTRUCTION

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    Mon, 18 Oct 1993

    expansion in the engineering stage. Feed: Butane . Lic/Engr: Stone & Webster. Completion ..... Canada) 10,600 b/d of MTBE. Feed: Butane and methanol. $395 MM. PD: UOP. BORDEN ..... 000 mt/y maleic anhydride. Feed: n- butane . Contr: Alusuisse Italia. Completion

  6. Tidelands seeks permits to build gas line to Mexico

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    Wed, 5 Sep 2001

    permits for a pipeline to deliver natural gas, propane, and butane into Mexico. The Corpus Christi, Tex., company said ..... major transporter and processor of natural gas and propane and butane into Mexico." The company's assets include an 80-mile

  7. INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS

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    Mon, 30 Sep 1991

    at Point Lisas, Trinidad, scheduled for start-up late in 1993. Brown will supply a butane isomerization unit under license from Engelhard Corp. Butane feedstock will come from the Phoenix Park gas processing plant (OGJ, Aug. 5, p. 31

  8. CONTRACTS LET FOR GERMAN REFINERY UNITS

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    Mon, 21 Jun 1993

    construction of a methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) complex and butane isomerization unit at its Schwedt, Germany, refinery.r The ..... stream from a fluid catalytic cracking unit. Contracts include a butane isomerization unit, selective hydrogenation unit, and oxygenate