Wyoming's shute creek plant uses NRU unit to separate methane, nitrogen, and helium

Journal Article · Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)

OSTI ID:5462803

Pruitt, C A ^[1]; O'Brien, J V ^[2]

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1. Exxon Co. U.S.A., Shute Creek area, WY (US)
2. Koch Process Systems, Westborough, MA (USA)

Operation of Exxon Co. U.S.A.'s LaBarge (Wyoming) gas-processing plant's nitrogen-rejection unit has met or exceeded major design criteria. The plant facility at LaBarge processes a feed gas which contains more than 70% acid gas. This must be removed prior to any cryogenic processing. The processing sequence is shown. After the acid-gas removal step, the gas is polished in a molecular-sieve bed system to remove final traces of water vapor and acid gas. The treated gas is then fed to the cryogenic nitrogen-rejection unit (NRU). There are two parallel trains of acid-gas removal, dehydration, and nitrogen rejection. The NRU is designed to separate this treated gas into three streams.

• OSTI ID: 5462803
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA), Vol. 87:41; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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