Surface facility design must account for the physical properties of the produced fluids, the operating conditions at the wellhead, and the changes expected over the life of the field.
An integrated engineering approach connects these factors with process configuration, equipment sizing, control philosophy, and future operating requirements.
Gas Processing & Compression
Manage Changing Pressure, Flow, and Gas Quality.
Gas processing and compression facilities must accommodate defined production conditions while providing the operating flexibility required by the development plan.
Potential engineering activities include:
- Process simulation and system configuration.
- Gas separation and dehydration.
- Gas sweetening and acid-gas treatment evaluation.
- Hydrocarbon dew-point control.
- Compression system selection and sizing.
- Reciprocating and screw compressor application assessment, where appropriate.
- Suction and discharge pressure analysis.
- Surge, liquid carryover, and operating-envelope considerations, as applicable.
- Utilities, controls, and safety system interfaces.
Reservoir pressure forecasts and production profiles can help establish the compression requirements for initial operation and future field conditions.
The final equipment selection depends on flow rate, pressure ratio, gas properties, turndown requirements, duty cycle, and project-specific constraints.
Discuss your project ↗LNG & Liquefaction
Connect Feed Gas Characteristics with Liquefaction Design.
LNG development requires careful consideration of feed gas composition, available supply, pretreatment requirements, process selection, energy consumption, and operating flexibility.
Our proposed LNG engineering offering focuses on evaluating the relationship between upstream production behavior and the requirements of the liquefaction facility.
Potential activities may include:
- Feed gas composition and availability assessment.
- LNG capacity and development concept evaluation.
- Pretreatment requirements, including dehydration and acid-gas removal.
- Liquefaction process and configuration assessment.
- Refrigeration duty and utility requirements.
- Feed gas variability and operating scenario analysis.
- Compression and pretreatment interface evaluation.
- Modularization and phased development considerations.
For small- and mid-scale opportunities, modular solutions may be evaluated where they offer a suitable fit with capacity requirements, logistics, site conditions, and the overall project economics.
The objective is to establish an LNG design basis that reflects the actual feed gas characteristics and expected supply profile.
Discuss your project ↗Power Generation
Evaluate the Value of Available Gas Resources.
Gas-fired power generation can provide electricity for production facilities, processing plants, field infrastructure, or external users where technically and commercially appropriate.
Depending on the project, engineering studies may evaluate:
- Available fuel gas and expected supply variability.
- Power demand and load profiles.
- Gas turbine and reciprocating engine alternatives.
- Plant auxiliary loads and power balance.
- Electrical integration and control systems.
- Reliability and operating requirements.
- Fuel gas conditioning requirements.
- Potential use of otherwise underutilized associated gas.
The appropriate generation configuration depends on capacity, gas quality, operating profile, ambient conditions, efficiency requirements, emissions limits, and the intended power application.
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