U.S. gas conditioning and processing plant survey results

Book · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:124661

Tannehill, C ^[1]; Echterhoff, L ^[2]; Trimble, K ^[3]

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1. Purvin and Gertz, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)
2. M.W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX (United States)
3. Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (United States)

A database of information on 1,427 natural gas conditioning and processing plants in the lower 48 states has been compiled with the assistance of over 50 operating companies and several engineering and construction firms. The database was updated in 1994 with NGL recovery plants now numbering 724. Acid gas (CO{sub 2} and H{sub 2}S) is removed by 617 plants. Sulfur is recovered at over 100 plants. Nitrogen is rejected at 12 plants, and helium is recovered at eight plants. The plants are categorized into 12 regions with the number of plants and combined inlet capacity for each region categorized as follows: Built before 1970; Built in each year between 1970 and 1994; Removing H{sub 2}S and/or CO{sub 2}; Using direct conversion H{sub 2}S removal processes (iron sponge, ARI LO-CAT{reg_sign}, SulFerox); Using chemical solvents for acid gas removal (MEA, DEA, MDEA, DGA, Benfield, Other); Using physical solvents for acid gas removal (Sulfinol, Selexol, other); Recovering sulfur (Claus, Selectox, other); Tail gas clean-up (SCOT, CBA, MCRC, other); NGL recovery (refrigeration, cryogenic expander, refrigerated lean oil, adsorption, other); Nitrogen rejection; Helium recovery; and Shutdown plants.

• OSTI ID: 124661
• Report Number(s): CONF-9503132--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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