Fourteen gas engine compressors serve Canadian gas field plant

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1969 · Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5564952

Underlying the newly constructed Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Kaybob South recycling plant, in the wilds of Alberta, Canada, are natural gas reserves proved to be in the order of 4 trillion cu ft. One feature of this enormous reservoir is known beyond any doubt: gas cannot be produced for sale immediately because of the certainty of retrograde condensate losses unless pressure is maintained through reinjection of gas for some 10 or 12 yr from start of production. Thus, the Kaybob South recycling plant, powered by 14 large Waukesha packaged engine compressor units, stands to build the gigantic potential of the Kaybob South field to satisfy gas demand by some time after 1980, meeting requirements of the major pipeline companies. Meanwhile, the field has sustaining value for the operators through production and sale of condensate, LPG, and sulfur. The recycling scheme and plant with dry gas injection, designed by Stearns-Roger Canada, Ltd. of Calgary, prime engineering and construction contractor, makes use of Waukesha gas engines driving Worthinton CUB compressors. Equipment is housed in a rigid frame type building 210 ft long by 53 ft 6-1/2 in. wide, with laminated aluminum insulated walls and roof. The compressor packages were designed and built by Knight Industries, Inc. The plant represents one of the most recent and modern installations of packaged gas engine compressors in the world.

• OSTI ID: 5564952
• Journal Information: Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States), Journal Name: Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States) Vol. 35:4; ISSN DGTPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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