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 NATURAL GAS HYDROCARBON
LIQUID RECOVERY
Consoloni

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS – NGL
NGL products Use
Ethane Petrochemical feedstock
Propane Industrial and domestic fuel,
Petrochemical feedstock
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG, Industrial and domestic fuel,
C3/C4 mix) Petrochemical feedstock
n-Butane Petrochemical feedstock, gasoline
additive for vapor pressure control
i-Butane Refinery feedstock for the
alkylation process
Natural gasoline ( C5 and heavier Refinery feedstock for the
-HYDROCARBON CONDENSATE reforming process
RECOVERED FROM NATURAL GAS)

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 PETROLEUM FLUID SPECTRUM
Typical initial STOCK TANK
Gas-oil ratio LIQUID
Bsto/Brf Scft/bsto °API color
Low shrinkage oil >0.5 <2,000 <45 Very dark
(low GOR, black oil)
high shrinkage oil <0.5 2,000- >40 brown
(high GOR, volatile oil) 3,300
Retrograde gas, gas >0.35 3,300- 50-60 light
condensate 50,000
Wet gas - >50,000 >50 Water
white
Dry gas - - - -
Bsto=barrel of stock tank oil; Brf= barrels of reservoir fluid;
scft=standard cubic feet

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 WELL FLUID TYPE
MOLE PERCENT

FLUID TYPE METHANE INTERMEDIATE HEPTANES+

(C1) (C2-C6) (C7+)
BLACK OIL
30 35 35
VOLITILE OIL
55 30 15
GAS
CONDENSATE 70 22 8
DRY GAS
90 9 1

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 NGL REMOVAL

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 NGL
RECOVERY

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 NGL
RECOVERY

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 EXAMPLE
OF REFRIGERATION

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 gas
gas + hydrocarbon liquids
CORTEMAGGIORE:
Glycol/methanol NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY PLANT
Camp. Sampling points

3° ANHYDROUS
GAS

Camp.
Camp.
4c°
6°

Camp.
2° Camp. 4a°
4b°
Camp.

VA 341 C Camp.

MANIFOLD
18” Glycol/methanol
HA 341 A HA 341 B
24”

Camp. 1° Camp. UN.400

CHILLER
C3
Glycol/methanol 5° Camp.

VA 341 A VA 341 B

Camp. Press. Camp. Press

DRAINAGE

Hydrocarbon liquids + water

Hydrocarbon liquids + water + glycol/methanol

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
CORTEMAGGIORE

ESTIMATED HYDROCARBON LIQUID PRODUCTION

= 36 m3/giorno
(laboratory measurements)

TEORETICAL HYDROCARBON LIQUID PRODUCTION (PVTSIM)

76 m3/day (24” manifold)
55 m3/day (18” manifold)
flash at 61 bar , -19°C
gas flow rate = 6 milion Sm3/day

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 Heavy compounds in natural gas
step 1 - absorption by carbon filter

filter

flow
rate gauge
heater
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 Heavy compounds in natural gas
step 2 - desorption by water distillation and trapping

filter

H2O

Troom 0°C -15°C

heater
traps
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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
COMPOSITION

Compositional input Compositional input

CORTEMAGGIORE CORTEMAGGIORE
GAS GAS
COLLETTORE INGR 24" COLLETTORE INGR 18"
Plus fraction Plus fraction
No adjusting to experimental saturation point No adjusting to experimental saturation point

Density Density
Component % mol Mol wt Component % mol Mol wt
g/cm3 g/cm3
N2 2.940 28.014 N2 2.920 28.014
CO2 0.150 44.010 CO2 0.150 44.010
C1 89.940 16.043 C1 89.940 16.043
C2 4.910 30.070 C2 4.930 30.070
C3 1.300 44.097 C3 1.310 44.097
i-C4 0.200 58.124 i-C4 0.210 58.124
C4 0.290 58.124 C4 0.290 58.124
iC5 0.069 72.151 iC5 0.069 72.151
C5 0.062 72.151 C5 0.065 72.151
C6 0.054 86.178 C6 0.060 86.178
C7 0.034 96.000 0.738 C7 0.036 96.000 0.738
C8 0.016 107.000 0.765 C8 0.010 107.000 0.765
C9 0.020 121.000 0.781 C9 0.005 121.000 0.781
C10+ 0.013 134.000 0.792 C10+ 0.007 134.000 0.792

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
Gas stream composition
BOLL.N. 213/98 211/98 217/98 215/98

Entrance manifold Entrance manifold exit (Snam)- exit (Snam)-

24“ line 18“ line linea 341 linea 342
% mol % mol % mol % mol
N2 2.940 2.920 2.920 2.940
CO2 0.150 0.150 0.150 0.150
H2S nd nd nd nd
C1 89.940 89.940 89.390 89.600
C2 4.910 4.930 4.880 4.820
C3 1.300 1.310 1.290 1.250
i-C4 0.200 0.210 0.230 0.220
C4 0.290 0.290 0.350 0.350
neo-C5 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003
iC5 0.066 0.068 0.110 0.110
C5 0.062 0.065 0.120 0.120
C6 0.054 0.060 0.210 0.180
C7 0.034 0.036 0.210 0.160
C8 0.016 0.010 0.084 0.057
C9 0.020 0.005 0.048 0.030
C10+ 0.013 0.007 0.010 0.006
tot 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
Gas stream composition

BOLL.N. 236/98 315/98 331/98 318/98 320/98 333/98

inlet 1° exit 1° inlet 2° inlet 2° exit 2° exit 2°
exchanger (HA exchanger (HA exchanger exchanger exchanger exchanger (HA
341 A) 341 A) (HA 341 B) (HA 341 B) (HA 341 B) 341 B)
% mol % mol % mol % mol % mol % mol
N2 2.900 2.920 2.870 2.890 2.910 2.950
CO2 0.140 0.150 0.150 0.150 0.140 0.140
H2S nd nd nd nd nd nd
C1 88.480 89.760 88.630 89.310 89.420 89.310
C2 4.810 4.860 4.940 4.890 4.850 4.830
C3 1.250 1.290 1.390 1.330 1.280 1.270
i-C4 0.250 0.210 0.270 0.230 0.230 0.220
C4 0.380 0.320 0.440 0.360 0.340 0.350
neo-C5 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.003
iC5 0.140 0.088 0.160 0.110 0.100 0.110
C5 0.170 0.090 0.180 0.120 0.110 0.120
C6 0.360 0.120 0.330 0.190 0.150 0.210
C7 0.540 0.110 0.340 0.210 0.200 0.230
C8 0.270 0.043 0.120 0.093 0.085 0.100
C9 0.240 0.029 0.110 0.083 0.110 0.093
C10+ 0.061 0.010 0.062 0.032 0.072 0.064
tot 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS BY adsortion/desorption on
coal dust (laboratory method)

BULL.N. 214/98 212/98 218/98 216/98

Hydroc. Liquid manifold manifold exit Snam- exit Snam-

Recovery ml/Sm3 Inlet-line 24" Inlet-line 18" line 341 line 342
Tamb 7.1 8.4 4.1 3.7
0°C 7.1 7.3 7.4 6.7
-15°C 10.7 7.3 7.4 6.9
tot 24.9 23.1 18.9 17.4

BULL.N. 237/98 316/98 319/98 334/98

Hydroc. Liquid inlet 1° exit 1° inlet 2° exit 2°
exchanger exchanger exchanger exchanger
Recovery ml/Sm3
(HA 341 A) (HA 341 A) (HA 341 B) (HA 341 B)
Tamb 3 6.5 6.5 4.2
0°C 10.6 8.1 8.2 7.4
-15°C 10.5 8.4 8.3 7.1
tot 24.2 22.9 23.1 18.7

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY
Hydrocarbon liquid recovery
3
(m /day)
manifold 24” manifold 18”
flash at 61 bar flash at 61 bar
0°C 35 15
-15°C 64 43
-19°C 76 55 LABORATORY CALCULATED HYDROCARBON
FRACTIONATION LIQUIDS PRODUCTION
-24°C 97 76 (m3 hydrocarbon liq /day)
METHOD
(ml hydrocarbon liq /
Sm3 gas)

manifold 24” 7.1 VTamb 42.6

manifold 18” 8.4 VTamb 50.4

manifold 24” 7.1 V0°C 42.6

manifold 18” 7.3 V0°C 43.8

manifold 24” 10.7 V-15°C 62.4

manifold 18” 7.3 V-15°C 43.8

manifold 24” 24.9 Vtot 149.4

manifold 18” 23.1 Vtot 138.6

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY

Valutazione del potenziale in idrocarburi liquidi del gas ai collettori di ingresso, alle linee di uscita
SNAM, agli ingressi ed uscite dei due scambiatori di calore

30

Tamb 0°C -15°C Tot

25
collettore di ingresso-linea 24"
collettore di ingresso-linea 18"
20
uscita Snam-linea 341
ml/Sm3

uscita Snam-linea 342

15 ingresso 1° scambiatore (HA 341 A)
uscita 1° scambiatore (HA 341 A)
ingresso 2° scambiatore (HA 341 B)
10
uscita 2° scambiatore (HA 341 B)

0
Tamb 0°C -15°C tot

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 NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY

Variazioni composizionali della frazione C10+ nelle stream gassose

campionate in vari punti dell'impianto

0.1
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
% mol

0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0
collettore di

collettore di

uscita Snam-

uscita Snam-

scambiatore

scambiatore

scambiatore

scambiatore

scambiatore

scambiatore
ingresso 1°

ingresso 2°

ingresso 2°

(HA 341 B)

(HA 341 B)
(HA 341 B)

(HA 341 B)
(HA 341 A)
(HA 341 A)
ingresso-

ingresso-
linea 24"

uscita 2°

uscita 2°
uscita 1°
linea 18"

linea 341

linea 342

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