Description
GAS PLANT RECONFIGURATION
- Brown Field Project
- (30+ year-old facility)
- Gas flowing out of spec into the sales pipeline
- Upgrading of facilities required to handle forthcoming production of new unconventional developments in the block
Challenge
- Maximize the use of existing equipment from other facilities that were running on turndown.
- Use new or rental equipment to fill in the gap
- Minimize plant shutdowns when performing plant modifications
- Uncertainty on gas composition
Project Development
- Debottleneck study of an existing facility (with little to no design information)
- Survey of existing equipment that could solve the bottlenecks
- Project to disassemble and reassemble an existing plant
- Commissioning and startup technical support on-site
- Operator Training
- Perform Test Run
- Fine-tuning of the process
Outcome
- Gas ON SPEC 95% of the time. (After operator’s training)
- Increased capacity from 70 MMSCFD to 105+ MMSCFD
- Continuous process support to maximize liquids recovery as reservoir composition evolved
- Take Away: Fast and low-cost solution allowed to take advantage of brown-field facilities to monetize gas and liquids production from new unconventional field developments
