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Title: Assessing the value of NGL in natural gas

Abstract

Purvin and Gertz, Inc., under a contract with The M.W. Kellogg Company sponsored by Gas Research Institute, evaluated the economic effect of by-products extracted during natural gas processing operations. The by-products evaluated, included natural gas liquids (NGL), helium, sulfur, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The sources of supply and final consumption, pricing histories, impact of logistical considerations, and a general assessment of the economics were completed for each by-product. NGL is by far the most significant of these by-products, representing a value of about $9 billion, compared to helium at $160 million and sulfur at $154 million in 1991. This paper investigates the production and consumption of the most significant by-product NGL from 1987 through 1992. Demand for NGL is categorized for the same period for: residential and commercial, industrial, engine fuel, chemicals, utility gas, refinery, farm, and other. Logistics are evaluated with a summary of the pipelines, underground storage and fractionators presented. Pricing is discussed with the two major market centers of Mont Belvieu, Texas and Conway, Kansas, detailed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Purvin and Gertz, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)
  2. M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, TX (United States)
  3. Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
124641
Report Number(s):
CONF-9503132-
TRN: IM9548%%231
Resource Type:
Book
Resource Relation:
Conference: 74. annual Gas Processors Association (GPA) meeting, San Antonio, TX (United States), 13-15 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings 74. annual convention Gas Processors Association, 1995; PB: 378 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS; MARKET; PRICES; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS; BY-PRODUCTS; USES; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; ETHANE; PROPANE; BUTANE; 2-METHYLPROPANE; MATERIALS HANDLING; ECONOMICS; CALORIFIC VALUE; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; COMPILED DATA

Citation Formats

Tannehill, C, Echterhoff, L, and Trimble, K. Assessing the value of NGL in natural gas. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Tannehill, C, Echterhoff, L, & Trimble, K. Assessing the value of NGL in natural gas. United States.
Tannehill, C, Echterhoff, L, and Trimble, K. 1995. "Assessing the value of NGL in natural gas". United States.
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abstractNote = {Purvin and Gertz, Inc., under a contract with The M.W. Kellogg Company sponsored by Gas Research Institute, evaluated the economic effect of by-products extracted during natural gas processing operations. The by-products evaluated, included natural gas liquids (NGL), helium, sulfur, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The sources of supply and final consumption, pricing histories, impact of logistical considerations, and a general assessment of the economics were completed for each by-product. NGL is by far the most significant of these by-products, representing a value of about $9 billion, compared to helium at $160 million and sulfur at $154 million in 1991. This paper investigates the production and consumption of the most significant by-product NGL from 1987 through 1992. Demand for NGL is categorized for the same period for: residential and commercial, industrial, engine fuel, chemicals, utility gas, refinery, farm, and other. Logistics are evaluated with a summary of the pipelines, underground storage and fractionators presented. Pricing is discussed with the two major market centers of Mont Belvieu, Texas and Conway, Kansas, detailed.},
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year = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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