natural gas liquids recovery

Gas liquids recovery units are intended to help you meet pipeline sales specifications and/or recover valuable marketable liquids from natural gas. PETROGAS is a recognized leader since 1975, in the design, manufacturing and operation of gas liquids recovery Mini-Plants.

Many natural gas purchasers restrict the liquid content of natural gas entering a gathering system. The restrictions are expressed as thermal value (BTU) and/or pentanes and heavier content. These restrictions are intended to prevent the dangerous condensation and accumulation of liquids in gas transmission lines.

COMPOSITION BTU / SCF	RECOVERY RATE GAL/MCF	TYPICAL SOURCE
3000	24	Storage Tanks
2000	12	Heater Treater
1500	5	Casting Head
1300	3	LP Separator
1200	2	Gas Wells

Applications

Gas Wells: Natural Gas not meeting pipeline specifications with high gas liquids may be conditioned using a PETROGAS Mini Plant. Operators are not fully compensated for liquid components of a natural gas stream. PETROGAS NGL Recovery Plants allow the lease operator to recover liquids prior to the sale of gas. Are your gas sales restricted? Produce more, sell more when you recover liquids

Gas Gathering Systems: Gas pipeline flow rates may be too low to justify a custom constructed plant. PETROGAS NGL Recovery Plants cost less because they are standardized, factory assembled skid modules. Reserve life too short for a custom plant? PETROGAS Plants can be easily moved as the location becomes uneconomical. Casing Head Gas System economies can be greatly improved by liquids recovery. Casing Head gas is normally rich in recoverable liquids.

Injection Gas Stripping: When gas is injected into a formation for storage or repressurization, removal of liquids will reduce equipment maintenance and potential formation blockage. Recovered liquids generate NOW income, not a possible future reserve. Gas lift recycled gas is more effective when the gas liquids are removed and produce extra revenue, too!

Process Gas: Plants receiving fuel from unprocessed sources will encounter excessive maintenance of boilers, injection jets and carbonation of engines. Maintenance can be reduced and additional revenues generated by liquids removal using a PETROGAS NGL Recovery Plant.Improve the quality of METHANE-ETHANE feed stock by the controlled removal of Propane-Butane-Gasoline. Produce a source of Propane-Butane-Gasoline for local consumption.

Fuel Gas Cleaning: Produced natural gas is often too rich in heavier hydrocarbons to be used effectively as a fuel for internal combustion engines. The heavier hydrocarbon components, pentanes, hexanes and heavier will cause excessive carbon deposits and foul engine fuel injection systems, cylinders, etc. Excessively high BTU or pentanes+ fuel gases may void your engine warranty or restrict rentals of natural gas driven equipment, i.e. compressors, generators, etc. PETROGAS offers Fuel Gas Cleaning Systems to remove pentanes+ and give you a fuel gas that will be clean burning and reduce engine maintenance.

Flared or Vented: Low pressure gas from well's casing head, separators, treater, and tank battery vented or flared is more significant than is generally realized. These wasted gases can be processed through a PETROGAS NGL Recovery Plant and yield sizeable revenues to the operator.

Tank Vapor Recovery: Tank vapors emitted to the atmosphere are a significant source of lost revenue and an air pollutant. Recovery by compression has proven to be costly and ineffective. The vapors when compressed return to a liquid state in the pipeline or separator and again vaporize if returned to low pressure storage. Vapors recovered by a PETROGAS Mini-Plant are sold as liquids.