Venezuelan extraction plant expanding to 1 bcfd rating

Journal Article · Mon Dec 03 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)

OSTI ID:5817411

Jimenez-Gomez, H ^[1]

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1. Corpoven S.A., San Joaquin (VE)

This paper discusses how modification of the two process trains at Corpoven's San Joaquin, Venezuela, extraction plant will increase each train's sustained capacity to 500 MMscfd and 1 bcfd total plant capacity. The San Joaquin 1000 project, set for completion in 1991, will represent an increase in NGL production of 8,000 b/d, with a gross revenue of $25 million/year for Corpoven S.A., a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela. The San Joaquin extraction plant currently consists of two identical process trains, each designed to handle 400 MMscfd of rich gas. Original design also provided for future conversion for 70% ethane recovery with the installation of CO{sub 2}-removal units for the inlet gas. Because actual inlet gas has been much leaner than design, and excess capacity has existed in some vessels resulting from considerations for the 70% ethane-recovery case, true capacity of the plant is considerably higher than design. In addition, stream tests have shown peak processing capacity approaching 500 MMscfd/train.

• OSTI ID: 5817411
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA) Vol. 88:49; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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