Dow Oil & Gas

Meeting Pipeline Specifications

for Gas and NGLs
Permian Midstream Congress 2015

Michael Landoll, PhD., Senior Engineer, Dow Oil, Gas & Mining
Dow.com
 Dow Oil, Gas and Mining

•  Drilling •  Phase separation •  Gas injection •  Offshore flow •  Onshore and •  Acid gas removal
•  Cementing •  Asset integrity •  Chemical flooding assurance offshore gas •  LPG treating
•  Stimulation •  Flow assurance •  Thermal recovery •  Gas processing •  Isomerization and
applications recompression •  LNG reformer
•  Gas dehydration •  Gasification regeneration
•  Gas compressor •  Acid gas •  Heat transfer
engines enrichment/sulfur
•  Gas pipeline line plants
heaters •  Ammonia
synthesis

Our brands:
•  EMBARK™ •  DEMTROL™ ELEVATE™ •  NEPTUNE™ •  UCARSOL™ •  AMINE
•  CELLOSIZE™ •  ROMAX™ ROMAX™ •  HYPERLAST™ •  SELEXOL™ MANAGEMENTSM
•  ANTISOL™ •  ACCENT™ DOW FILMTEC™ •  NORKOOL™ •  NORKOOL™ Program
•  POLYOX™ •  AQUCAR™ DOW IntegraPac™ •  DESITHERM™ DESITHERM™ •  UCARSOL™
•  DOWTHERM™ •  SELEXOL™
•  SYLTHERM† •  UCARSEP™
•  SulFerox® •  ISOFORM™
•  UCARSORB™
Agenda

•  Acid Gas Removal Technologies

•  Recovery of NGLs from Natural Gas Streams
•  CO2 and H2S Removal from NGL Streams
•  Removal of Acid Gas and Organic Sulfur
•  Amine H2S Removal at High Ambient Temperatures
•  Corrosion and Scaling in Dehydration Units
•  Hot Oil Selection
Acid Gas Removal Technologies
Recovery of Hydrocarbons from Gas Streams
UCARSORB™ NGL Adsorbents

•  Natural gas streams often contain varying levels of

NGLs, which can hold significant value for operators
•  New technology developed using polymeric beads
with high surface area to adsorb NGL compounds
•  Looks similar to a zeolite bed but opposite principle
– not size exclusion (picking up small molecules)
but collects large hydrocarbons, allowing smaller
compounds to slip through the bed
•  Installing first plants on:
•  Flare Gas NGL recovery
•  Engine Gas NGL exclusion
•  Pipeline Gas NGL concentration

•  Low pressure drop (<5 psig)

CO2 Removal from NGL Products
UCARSOL™ LL Specialty Solvents

•  The rising value of NGLs has shifted industry focus toward development of heavy natural gas plays.
Removal of Acid Gas and Organic Sulfur
Removal of Acid Gas and Organic Sulfur
Hybrid Solvents
•  Hybrid solvents: partially chemical solvent nature, partially physical
solvent nature
•  Hybrid solvents bring advantages over Amine solvents and
Physical solvents
•  CO2 and H2S removal + Mercaptan removal
•  Lower energy than Amine solvents

Relative solubilities of methyl mercaptan at 104 F and 4.6 Relative solubilities of propane at 104 F and 26.7 psi
psi partial pressure. partial pressure.
Actual Plant Data Comparison

UCARSOL™ HYBRID 701

ABSORBER

Feed Gas

Component Actual
Plant
(molar)
CH4 82% Treated Gas
C2H6 5.2%
Component Actual Simulated
C3H8 2.1% Plant (molar)
(molar)
CO2 5.6%
CH4 87% 88%
H2S 3.9%
C2H6 5.6% 5.6 %
CH4S 121 ppm
C3H8 2.1% 2.2 %
CO2 2.6% 2.6%
H2S 8.5 ppm 8.4 ppm

CH4S 13 ppm 19 ppm

Simulator reproduces Plant Data Flow rate 4256 4262
(kmol/h)
Actual Plant Data Comparison

UCARSOL™ HYBRID 701

REGENERATOR

Component Actual Simulated

Plant (molar)
(molar)
CH4 Flow 2.0 1.9
rate (kmol/
h)
CO2 Flow 113 117
rate (kmol/
h)
H2S Flow 172 174
rate (kmol/ Variable Actual Plant Simulated
h)

Reboiler Duty 51±5 47

(GJ/h)
Condenser 54.7 54.7
Simulator reproduces Temperature
(deg C)
Plant Data
Reflux Flow 4.27±0.28 4.58
(m3/h)
 West Texas is Hot and Dry!
•  For geographies and designs where ambient temperature prevents low
H2S treat and cooling water is not available.
•  UCARSOL™ HT is designed for deeper H2S treat in high temperature
environments
•  >130˚F lean amine temp
•  Avoids corrosion issues caused
by primary and secondary
amines

•  Formulated blends
•  Tailored to a customer’s unique
requirements
•  New fill or online conversion
TEG removes water from gas, but when pH is low it
causes corrosion.

DESITHERM™ Formulated TEG Dessicant

Significantly Better pH Stability vs TEG
Hot Oils Selection - Synthetics

•  Much higher stability and longer life vs. Mineral oils.

•  Ideal for offshore and remote locations.
DOWTHERMTM/SYLTHERM † Fluids

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† Trademark of Dow Corning Corporation

 Dow Oil, Gas and Mining

•  Drilling •  Phase separation •  Gas injection •  Offshore flow •  Onshore and •  Acid gas removal
•  Cementing •  Asset integrity •  Chemical flooding assurance offshore gas •  LPG treating
•  Stimulation •  Flow assurance •  Thermal recovery •  Gas processing •  Isomerization and
applications recompression •  LNG reformer
•  Gas dehydration •  Gasification regeneration
•  Gas compressor •  Acid gas •  Heat transfer
engines enrichment/sulfur
•  Gas pipeline line plants
heaters •  Ammonia
synthesis

Our brands:
•  EMBARK™ •  DEMTROL™ ELEVATE™ •  NEPTUNE™ •  UCARSOL™ •  AMINE
•  CELLOSIZE™ •  ROMAX™ ROMAX™ •  HYPERLAST™ •  SELEXOL™ MANAGEMENTSM
•  ANTISOL™ •  ACCENT™ DOW FILMTEC™ •  NORKOOL™ •  NORKOOL™ Program
•  POLYOX™ •  AQUCAR™ DOW IntegraPac™ •  DESITHERM™ DESITHERM™ •  UCARSOL™
•  DOWTHERM™ •  SELEXOL™
•  SYLTHERM† •  UCARSEP™
•  SulFerox® •  ISOFORM™
•  UCARSORB™
Thank
You