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TABLE OF CONTENT
1. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.....................................................................................................................................2
2. DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................................................................3
3. BASIS OF DESIGN....................................................................................................................................................4
3.1. Design Basis..........................................................................................................................................................4
3.2. GPP-II Initial Location (Ikot-Abasi) Feed Gas Composition.......................................................................4
3.3. GPP-II Current Location (Kwale, Train B) Feed Gas Composition...........................................................5
3.4. Product Specifications - GPP-II Initial Location (Ikot-Abasi).....................................................................6
3.5. Product Specifications - GPP-II Current Location (Kwale).........................................................................6
3.6. Feedstock Conditions.........................................................................................................................................6
3.7. Feed Gas Impurity Levels...................................................................................................................................6
3.8. Turn-up & Turn-down..........................................................................................................................................7
3.9. Plant Life and On-stream factor........................................................................................................................7
3.10. Climate Data.......................................................................................................................................................7
3.11. Wind..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.12. Rainfall................................................................................................................................................................8
3.13. Earthquake.........................................................................................................................................................8
3.14. Solar Radiation..................................................................................................................................................8
3.15. Project Capacity................................................................................................................................................8
3.16. Utilities................................................................................................................................................................9
3.17. Instrument & Plant Air.....................................................................................................................................9
3.18. Electrical Power................................................................................................................................................9
3.19. Fuel Gas Supply................................................................................................................................................9
4. SUMMARY OF COMPARISON.............................................................................................................................10
5. CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................................11
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1. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

The purpose of this document is to define the difference in the Basis of Design for the Gas
Processing Plant (GPP II) from the initial field location (Ikot-Abasi) and the Proposed
Current Location (Kwale as Train B) so as to ascertain the operability of GPP-II (Train A)
at the current Location based on these conditions.

2. DEFINITIONS

COMPANY AHL HYDROCARBON FZE

PROJECT GPP I Train-B
CONTRACT Contract agreement entered between Company and
Contractor.
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3. BASIS OF DESIGN

3.1. Design Basis

INCLUDE BLOCL FLOW DIAGRAM

3.2. GPP-II Initial Location (Ikot-Abasi) Feed Gas Composition

GPP-II (IKOT-ABASI) FEED GAS COMPOSITION

  CASE-1 CASE-2
COMPONENT MOL% MOL%
     
N2 0.25 0
CO2 3.01 4.44
H2S 0 0
C1 80.14 77.26
C2 5.72 4.38
C3 4.65 4.19
I-C4 2.03 3.49
N-C4 2.32 3.98
I-C5 0.81 1.19
N-C5 0.57 0.71
N-C6 0.31 0.35
C7+ 0.19 0.02
GPM 4.55  5.60 
PRESSURE, PSIA 885 865
TEMP, DEG C 35 30

Table 1: GPP-II (Ikot-Abasi) Feed Gas Composition (GPP-II Initial Location)

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3.3. GPP-II Current Location (Kwale, Train B) Feed Gas Composition

GPP-II (Kwale, TRAIN B) FEED GAS COMPOSITION

CASE-1 CASE-2 CASE-3 CASE-4

 
COMPONE
MOL% MOL% MOL% MOL%
NT
         
N2 1.600 1.420 0.100 0.100
CO2 1.200 0.840 2.066 2.070
H2S 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
C1 81.500 82.460 84.230 83.233
C2 6.900 6.650 7.283 7.450
C3 4.700 4.520 3.720 4.028
I-C4 1.100 1.080 0.670 0.767
N-C4 1.400 1.410 1.040 1.220
I-C5 0.500 0.470 0.305 0.383
N-C5 0.300 0.380 0.268 0.345
N-C6 0.300 0.510 0.241 0.317
C7+ 0.250 0.250 0.008 0.004
H2O 0.250 0.010 0.070 0.083
GPM 4.34 4.44 3.82 4.13
PRESSURE
, PSIA 885 865 870 870
TEMP, DEG
C 35 30 20.0 20.0

Table 2: GPP-II (Kwale, Train B) Feed Gas Composition (GPP-II Current Location)
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3.4. Product Recovery - GPP-II Initial Location (Ikot-Abasi)

PRODUCT ETHANE(C2) PROPANE (C3) BUTANE (C4)

Main component 98% 98 % 99 %
Product Outlet Temp < 40 °C < 40 °C < 40 °C

3.5. Product Recovery - GPP-II Current Location (Kwale)

PRODUCT ETHANE(C2) PROPANE (C3) BUTANE (C4)

Main component 98% 98 % 99 %
Product Outlet Temp < 40 °C < 40 °C < 40 °C

INCLUDE
RECOVERY IN MT/DAY

3.6. Feedstock Conditions

Natural gas delivered to the battery limit:

Operating Pressure (max/normal/min) - 63.3/59.77/56.26 Kg/cm²

Operating Temperature (max/normal/min) - 50 /40/20°C
Gas Flow Rate - 200 MMSCFD

3.7. Feed Gas Impurity Levels

Feed gas delivered shall not contain more than the maximum amount of any impurities
mentioned in the table below:

Impurity Unit Values

Water Content lbs/mmscf 55 – 65
H₂S ppm (vol) 0
Hg ppb 0

Table 3: Feed Gas Impurity Levels

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3.8. Turn-up & Turn-down

C2 Recovery Plant shall be designed to operate at 110 % and 50% of production capacity without
affecting purity of the products.

3.9. Plant Life and On-stream factor

Plant life: 25 years

On-stream factor: 365 days

3.10. Climate Data

Ambient Pressure: 1.012 bar

Ambient Temperature (max/average/min): 40/30/20 °C
Relative Humidity (max/average/min): 98/85/60 %
Corrosive (or unusual) atmospheric conditions: Tropical, Maritime
Others (windstorms, hurricanes, lightning etc.): Storms are infrequent and calm weather prevails
most of the year.

3.11. Wind

Prevailing wind direction: South west

Prevailing wind speed: 3.64 m/s
Buildings and structures shall be calculated with regard to the wind action according to the
requirement of BS EN 1991-1-4 considering design wind speed: 33.5 m/s (in 3 second gusts).
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3.12. Rainfall
There is a high level of rainfall in the coastal regions over the entire year, with less in the dry
season. The dry season at the site lasts from November to March, and the rainy season from April
to October.

 Average Annual Rainfall: 3000 mm/y

 Monthly maximum: 192 mm

3.13. Earthquake
Earthquake lateral load on the onshore structures will be in accordance to ASCE 7-05.
The following seismic design basis shall be used for design of structures, systems and
components:

 Type of soil - Site Class D

 Occupancy Category III

3.14. Solar Radiation

 Maximum 1200 W/m2
 Design point 1500 W/m2
 Length of day 10-12 hrs a day
 Average sunshine 8.5 hrs
 Maximum sun radiation temperature 83 °C

3.15. Project Capacity

Project will include gas processing unit of 200 MMSCFD, storage of Ethane, Propane,
Butane /condensates and export facilities.
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3.16. Utilities

The project design philosophy is that it should be “self-supporting” under specified project
modes e.g. start-up, shutdown, upsets and normal operation.
Following provides the list of utilities.

3.17. Instrument & Plant Air

 Supply Pressure Instrument Air: max: 12 Kg/cm², min: 8 Kg/cm²

 Supply Pressure Utility Air: max: 12 Kg/cm², min: 8 Kg/cm²
 Temperature: max: 40 ºC, min: 25 ºC
 Dew Point at dryer outlet: - 40 ºC

3.18. Electrical Power

 Objective: The site is to be completely self-sufficient.

 Capacity: To be defined during basic process engineering and Front-End Engineering
design.
 Rating: 415 V
 Frequency: 50 Hz
 Phase: 3

3.19. Fuel Gas Supply

 Supply Pressure Fuel Gas: max: 6.0 Kg/cm², min: 3.0 Kg/cm²
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4. SUMMARY OF COMPARISON
S/N DESIGN BASIS GPP-II INITIAL GPP-II CURRENT
PARAMETER LOCATION LOCATION
(IKOT-ABASI) (KWALE, TRAIN
B)
1 Feed Gas Composition As described in As described in
Table 1 Table 2
2 Feedstock Condition Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
(As stated in section 3.1.2)
3 Feed Gas Impurity Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
Levels (As stated in section 3.1.4)
4 Turn-up & Turn-down Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
(As stated in section 3.1.5)
5 Site Conditions GPP-II Train A has adverse site conditions
compared to GPP-I Train B.
6 Environmental Data: GPP-II Train A has adverse site conditions
Climate, Rainfall, Solar compared to GPP-I Train B.
Radiation, Wind,
earthquake
7 Capacity Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
(200 MMSCFD)
8 Product Specification Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
9 Storage and Export Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
10 Utilities Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
11 Instrument & Plant Air Same for GPP-I Train B and GPP-II Train A
12 Electrical power Same
13 Plant Life and On Same (25 years, 365 days)
Stream Factor

5. CONCLUSION
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Based on the GPP-II initial Location (Ikot-Abasi) GPM Compositional Value of 4.55 (Case
1) and 5.60 (Case 2), as shown in Table 1, which is higher than the GPM Compositional
value GPP-II Current Location (Kwale), that is; 4.34 (Case 1), 4.44 (Case 2), 3.82 (Case 3),
4.13 (Case 4), as shown in Table 2. Therefore, the GPP-II facility is compatible to operate
as Train B with the existing GPP-1 Facility (Train A) at the current location (Kwale).

AS ATTACHEMENT

1. HYSYS PFD FOR BOTH THE LOCATIONS.

2. PLOT PLAN FOR BOTH (PRELIMINARY)