Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Plant to Prepare Natural Gas for Use in Foam Fracturing Treatments

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Griffin Beck ◽  
Melissa Poerner ◽  
Kevin Hoopes ◽  
Sandeep Verma ◽  
Garud Sridhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Current State ◽  
Fracturing Process ◽  
Mobile Plant ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Production Techniques

Hydraulic fracturing treatments are used to produce oil and gas reserves that would otherwise not be accessible using traditional production techniques. Fracturing treatments require a significant amount of water, which has an associated environmental impact. In recent work funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), an alternative fracturing process has been investigated that uses natural gas as the primary fracturing fluid. In the investigated method, a high-pressure foam of natural gas and water is used for fracturing, a method than could reduce water usage by as much as 80% (by volume). A significant portion of the work focused on identifying and optimizing a mobile processing facility that can be used to pressurize natural gas sourced from adjacent wells or nearby gas processing plants. This paper discusses some of the evaluated processes capable of producing a high-pressure (10,000 psia) flow of natural gas from a low-pressure source (500 psia). The processes include five refrigeration cycles producing liquefied natural gas as well as a cycle that directly compresses the gas. The identified processes are compared based on their specific energy as calculated from a thermodynamic analysis. Additionally, the processes are compared based on the estimated equipment footprint and the process safety. Details of the thermodynamic analyses used to compare the cycles are provided. This paper also discusses the current state of the art of foam fracturing methods and reviews the advantages of these techniques.

The calculation of required fire resistance limits for engineering structures of technological pipe racks at oil and gas processing plants on the basis of an evaluation of the time needed for personnel evacuation and rescue in case of fire

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Shebeko ◽  
Yu. N. Shebeko ◽  
A. V. Zuban
Keyword(s):  
Fire Resistance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Probabilistic Method ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
The One ◽  
In Fire ◽  
Rescue Time

Introduction. GOST R 12.3.047-2012 standard offers a methodology for determination of required fire resistance limits of engineering structures. This methodology is based on a comparison of values of the fire resistance limit and the equivalent fire duration. However, in practice incidents occur when, in absence of regulatory fire resistance requirements, a facility owner, who has relaxed the fire resistance requirements prescribed by GOST R 12.3.047–2012, is ready to accept its potential loss in fire for economic reasons. In this case, one can apply the probability of safe evacuation and rescue to compare distributions of fire resistance limits, on the one hand, and evacuation and rescue time, on the other hand.A methodology for the identification of required fire resistance limits. The probabilistic method for the identification of required fire resistance limits, published in work [1], was tested in this study. This method differs from the one specified in GOST R 12.3.047-2012. The method is based on a comparison of distributions of such random values, as the estimated time of evacuation or rescue in case of fire at a production facility and fire resistance limits for engineering structures.Calculations of required fire resistance limits. This article presents a case of application of the proposed method to the rescue of people using the results of full-scale experiments, involving a real pipe rack at a gas processing plant [2].Conclusions. The required fire resistance limits for pipe rack structures of a gas processing plant were identified. The calculations took account of the time needed to evacuate and rescue the personnel, as well as the pre-set reliability of structures, given that the personnel evacuation and rescue time in case of fire is identified in an experiment.

Application of Aircraft Derivative and Heavy Duty Gas Turbines in the Process Industries

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Doherty ◽  
D. R. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Offshore Platforms ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Water Requirements ◽  
Process Industries ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Processing Plants

Typical applications of aircraft derivative and heavy duty gas turbines in petroleum production and refining, natural gas processing, ethylene, ammonia, LNG processing plants and offshore platforms are reviewed. Guidelines are included to illustrate how gas turbines can be applied to minimize fuel consumption and cooling water requirements and optimize space utilization.

Effect of Alumosilicate Adsorbent Regeneration Conditions on the Dehydration of Methanol Extracted from Natural Gas

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Z.А. Temerdashev ◽  
A.V. Rudenko ◽  
I.A. Kolychev ◽  
A.S. Kostina
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Silica Gel ◽  
Silica Gels ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Gas Treatment ◽  
Adsorbent Regeneration ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Natural Gas Processing ◽  
Processing Plants

This paper focuses on the parameters of the technological regime for the regeneration of aluminosilicate adsorbents on natural gas processing plants adsorption type on the dehydration of methanol from natural gas. The object of this study were the non-hydrocarbon fraction of liquid products of the purification of natural gas from an adsorption unit on silica gel with countercurrent regeneration. Gas treatment plants was optimized using BASF KC-Trockenperlen silica gels and microporous silica gel adsorbents (АСМ). The direct-flow regeneration technology on natural gas processing plants with adsorption purification оn aluminosilicate adsorbents contributes to a more efficient reaction of the conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether and his process reduces the volume of non-hydrocarbon waste fraction. Decreasing methanol concentrations reduces atmospheric emissions and saves fuel gas consumed by a stationary thermal treatment unit.

Alarm management practices in natural gas processing plants

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinícius Barroso Soares ◽  
José Carlos Pinto ◽  
Maurício Bezerra de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
Natural Gas Processing ◽  
Processing Plants

scholarly journals Current state of development of Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (79) ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
A. U. Muhammedov ◽  
◽  
A. В. Tasmaganbetov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Current State ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Main Activity ◽  
Average Monthly Salary ◽  
Monthly Salary

The article describes the current state of the domestic oil and gas industry. The volume of crude oil and natural gas production in the oil and gas industry is analyzed. The analysis of the gross output of natural gas and oil production, including gas condensate by region, is given and carried out. The number of employees in the main activity is given. The average monthly salary of employees in the main activity of the industry is determined.

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