CLASS EXERCISE – PE 414

1. What are the conditions needed to be controlled within specified limits to

ensure quality and safety transportation of natural gas?
2. You are participating in the Hydrocarbon Dewpoint Control Unit intended
to process produced rich natural gas in the field for pipeline delivery
specifications. What is the primary objective of the plant and what are the
secondary objectives?
3. Before entering the gas export pipeline, the gas production stream of
Songosongo field enters a Hydrocarbon dehydration process to extract
condensate and to control the dewpoint of the gas delivered to the
pipeline.
 The filed production stream is at 110 bara and 100 oC
 The pipeline requirements are: cricondentherm not exceeding
-10 oC and delivering pressure 70 bara.
a) What is meant by dew-point control in natural gas processing?
b) Make a simple sketch that shows the phase envelopes of separator
gas (feed gas) and sales gas as in dew point control.
4. Make a simple sketch (flow diagram) of a typical absorption process for
removing water from natural gas.
5. Why is it necessary to remove mercury from natural gas used in the
production of LNG?