Gas processing and liquefaction

(CHE61803)

Tutorial 4

1. Size a standard vertical oil-gas separator for the following conditions:

Oil flow rate 2500 bbl/day
Gas-oil ratio 1000 scf/bbl
Operating pressure 50 psig

2. Size a horizontal high-pressure separator for the following conditions:

Gas flow rate 10.0 MMscfd

Operating pressure 800 psig
Condensate load 500 bbl/day

Water load 100 bbl/day

Retention time 5 min

3. Size a vertical separator for the following conditions:

Gas flow rate 4.0 MMscfd

Operating pressure 500 psi
Condensate flow rate 60 bbl/MMscf

4. A well test was made using a simple high pressure separator and an atmospheric stock tank and the
following results were obtained:

Gas flow rate 10.0 MMscfd

Operating pressure 800 psig

Condensate recovery 100 bbl/day

What additional recovery could be expected using two-stage separation and 15-psig pressure storage
tanks?
Figure 1. Gas capacity of vertical low-pressure separators
Figure 2. Gas capacity of vertical high-pressure separators
Figure 3. Gas capacity of Horizontal high-pressure separators
 Figure 4. Gas capacity of Horizontal Low-pressure separators

Figure 5. Estimated increase in condensate recovery with two stage separation

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