New Hugoton gas plant starts up

Journal Article · Mon Aug 17 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Oil and Gas Journal

OSTI ID:634729

Ruehle, S; Coalmer, L ^[1]

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1. Amoco Corp., Houston, TX (United States)

Earlier this summer, Amoco Production Co. started up its new Hugoton Jayhawk gas-processing plant in the Hugoton field of southwest Kansas. The plant is positioned to be a regional processing hub, not only for Hugoton gas, but for gas produced in Oklahoma, Colorado, and the Texas Panhandle. Hugoton Jayhawk is designed to recover more than 80% of the C{sub 2} and essentially all of the C{sub 3}+ components in a Y-grade NGL product stream of approximately 31,000 b/d. Hugoton area gas contains about 0.4% helium, of which up to an estimated 98% is recovered in a product stream of approximately 700 MMscf/yr. The paper discusses process design, operational considerations, plant start-up, control logic, and hydrate formation.

• OSTI ID: 634729
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal, Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal Journal Issue: 33 Vol. 96; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
GAS HYDRATES
HELIUM
KANSAS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS
OPERATION
START-UP