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Producers Turning to NGL Marketing, Export Deals to Manage Oversupply
Producers of natural gas liquids (NGLs) have always depended on marketing help to get the best deal for their products. While exploration, design, and production are specialties of upstream companies, not all choose to invest heavily in a marketing and logistics team....
Overcoming Challenges of Cryogenic Gas Processing
Cryogenic gas plants process natural gas in part to efficiently recover natural gas liquids (NGLs) from raw natural gas. This process of cryogenic separation involves a complicated collection of technology and techniques in order to achieve high percentages of ethane,...
Optimizing NGL Recovery and Fractionation
Like most technologies in the oil and gas industry, NGL recovery and fractionation equipment and systems are always evolving to better optimize. Professional research and discussion is constantly shaping new innovation, presented as white papers, journal articles, and...
Condensate Stabilizer Units Explained
Condensate stabilization units are an important tool in making condensate from natural gas streams easier to manage. Designs vary, but the goals of implementing a stabilization unit are usually the same: increase recovery of hydrocarbons, remove corrosive components,...
Encouraging Technological Improvements in Gas Processing
Traditionally sour gas high in carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) have been ignored due to the technological gaps and high costs associated with processing it. Both components must be removed before the gas is saleable: H2S is both flammable and toxic,...
Regulations Affecting NGL Production and Transportation
Several types of regulations affect the production and distribution of natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Natural Gas Act of 1938, for example, affects how natural gas and gas liquids may be imported and exported. The U.S. Department of Energy authorizes both short- and...
U.S. Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Fighting To Stay Afloat
As traditional, easy-to-access wells containing oil and gas have begun to dry up, the world's producers have turned to less conventional locations to extract product. Offshore drillers have moved to deeper, more treacherous waters, while onshore drillers have...
Considerations of Fractionation Plant and Unit Maintenance
Just like cryogenic gas plants, fractionation plants and units are composed of complex components that must be operated in certain ways to ensure not only plant efficiency but also personnel and environmental safety. Systems operate under high temperatures and...