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Natural Gas Processing Plants.: Linde Engineering
Natural Gas Processing Plants.: Linde Engineering
Natural Gas
Processing
Plants.
2
Contents.
3 Introduction
8 NGL plants
12 Contact
3
Introduction.
Helium plants
Non hydrocarbons Separation, purification, liquefaction
e.g. nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide,
hydrogen sulphide, water, etc.
NRU
Nitrogen rejection units
Methane (C1)
Ethane (C2)
NGL plants
Propane (C3)
Natural gas Natural gas liquids
LPG NGL
ex well
Butane (C4)
LPG plants
Liquefied petroleum gas
Heavier fractions:
- Pentanes plus (C5+)
- Natural Gasoline
- Condensate
Extraction of hydrocarbons
and LPG plants.
Extraction of hydrocarbons LPG plants
Due to their added value, heavier hydrocarbons LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is widely used as To achieve high C3 recovery rates, Linde imple-
are often extracted from natural gas and fractio- alternative fuel for cars, but is also suitable as a ments an absorber column upstream of the de-
nated by using several tailor made processing chemical feedstock. It consists of propane and ethanizer. Here the feed gas is scrubbed by
steps. butane (C3/C4). using a light hydrocarbon reflux coming from
the top of the deethanizer. LPG is separated
For the recovery of LPG/C3+ the Engineering from the heavier hydrocarbons down-stream
Division offer an absorber process, which of the deethanizer using a destillation column.
guarantees recovery rates as high as 99.9 %,
while at the same time featuring low specific
energy consumption. Furthermore the toler-
able CO2 content of the feed gas is higher
than for conventional expander processes.
NG Sales gas
LPG
Absorber
C3+
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NGL plants.
NGL consists of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons For the recovery of NGL/C2+ the Engineering
(C2+) and constitutes an ideal feedstock for steam Division offers a well proven expander process
crackers producing olefins. It has a higher sales enabling recovery rates up to 98 %. The cryo-
value compared to the pipeline gas itself, which genic process utilizes an expander to provide
justifies an extraction. the refrigeration duty, which is necessary for the
partial liquefaction of the natural gas upstream
of the destillation process.
NG Sales gas
C2
Refrigerant
Demethanizer Deethanizer
C3+
C2+ recovery and fractionation plant C2+ recovery and fractionation plant
in Rayong, Thailand in Krst, Norway
FEED gas capacity : 390,000 Nm/h FEED gas capacity : 670,000 Nm/h
Customer : Petroleum Authority of Thailand Customer : Statoil for Statpipe Group
Start of production : 1997 Start of production : 1986
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Extraction of non-hydrocarbons.
Natural gas is a mixture of gases containing Nitrogen rejection units (NRU) Helium recovery and liquefaction plants
primarily hydrocarbon gases. It is colorless and Nitrogen is removed from natural gas to reduce Helium is a rare gas, which is recovered from
odorless in its pure form. It is the cleanest fossil transportation volumes and increase heating natural gas when present in sufficient concen-
fuel with the lowest carbon dioxide emissions. value. In some cases nitrogen rejection units are trations. Linde Engineering offers a well-proven
Natural gas is an important fuel source as well integrated within LNG plants to limit the nitro- cryogenic process for the recovery of high purity
as a major feedstock for fertilizers and petro- gen content in the fuel gas or to recover meth- helium (> 99.999 %). High purity helium is used
chemicals. ane from tank return or end flash gas. for special applications such as space technology
or the realization of superconductivity.
The Engineering Division is typically using a
double column process for the removal of nitro- To attain high purity the raw helium is first re-
gen. This maximizes the heat integration of the covered from natural gas in a cryogenic sepa-
process. Depending on the nitrogen content of ration process. Down-stream of this process step
the feed gas, an additional enrichment column it is purified in a pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
may be foreseen upstream of the actual removal unit and than liquefied for storage at tempera-
process. tures of about -270C. The Engineering Division
has own technologies for each process step and
is in a position to offer complete plants on a
turn-key lumpsum basis.
Double column
NG
N2
CH4
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References for
NRUs and helium plants.
NRU integrated in Pluto LNG plant Helium recovery and liquefaction plant
in Karratha, Australia in Darwin, Australia
FEED gas capacity : 78,000 Nm/h Production rate : 2,6 t/d liquid helium
Customer : Woodside Burrup Pty. Ltd. Customer : BOC Australia
Start of production : 2010 Start of production : 2009
NRU integrated in Snhvit LNG plant Helium recovery and liquefaction plant
in Hammerfest, Norway in Skikda, Algeria
NRU integrated in Pluto LNG plant in Karratha, Australia
FEED gas capacity : 71,400 Nm/h Production rate : 10 t/d liquid helium
Customer : Snhvit Group Customer : Helison S.p.A.
Start of production : 2007 Start of production : 2005
NRU
in Onslow, Australia
FEED gas capacity : 47,000 Nm/h
Customer : BHP Petroleum Helium recovery and liquefaction plant
Start of production : 1994 in Skikda, Algeria
Designing processes constructing plants.
Lindes Engineering Division continuously develops extensive process engineering know-how in the planning,
project management and construction of turnkey industrial plants.
More than 4,000 plants worldwide document the leading position of the Engineering Division in international
plant construction.
Engineering Division Linde Impianti Italia S.p.A. Selas Fluid Processing Corp. Linde Engineering RUS,OOO Linde Engineering Division
Schalchen Plant Rome, Italy Blue Bell, PA, U.S.A. Samara, Russia Bangkok, Thailand
Tacherting, Germany Phone +39.066.5613-1 Phone +1.610.834-0300 Phone +7.846.331-3377 Phone +66.2751-9200
Phone +49.8621.85-0 Fax +39.066.5613-200 Fax +1.610.834-0473 le.rus@linde-le.com Fax +66.2751-9201
Fax +49.8621.85-6620 m.margheri@lindeimpianti.it sales@selasfluid.com anuwat.krongkrachang@linde.com
plantcomponents@linde-le.com Linde Arabian Contracting Co. Ltd.
Linde Kryotechnik AG Hydro-Chem Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Linde Engineering Co. Ltd.
Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH Pfungen, Switzerland Holly Springs, GA, U.S.A. Phone +966.1.419-1193 Dalian, P.R. of China
Dresden, Germany Phone +41.52.3040-555 Phone +1.770.345-2222 Fax +966.1.419-1384 Phone +86.411.3953-8819
Phone +49.351.250-30 Fax +41.52.3040-550 Fax +1.770.345-2778 martin.hofmann@linde-le.com Fax +86.411.3953-8899
Fax +49.351.250-4800 info@linde-kryotechnik.ch sales@hydro-chem.com info@lindeLED.com
ledd.dresden@linde-le.com Linde Arabian Contracting Co. Ltd.
Bertrams Heatec AG Linde Engenharia do Brasil Ltda. Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Linde Engineering Co. Ltd.
SELAS-LINDE GmbH Pratteln, Switzerland So Paulo, Brazil Phone +966.3.887-1191 Hangzhou, P.R. of China
Pullach, Germany Phone +41.61.467-7525 Phone +55.21.3545-2255 Fax +966.3.887-0133 Phone +86.571.8501-9222
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Fax +49.89.7447-4717 hubertus.winkler@linde-le.com jaime.basurto@linde.com info@lindeLEH.com
selas-linde@linde-le.com Linde Engineering Middle East LLC
CRYO AB Linde Process Plants (Pty.) Ltd. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Linde Engineering Division
Cryostar SAS Gothenburg, Sweden Johannesburg, South Africa Phone +971.2.6981-400 Beijing Representative Office
Hsingue, France Phone +46.3164-6800 Phone +27.11.490-0513 Fax +971.2.6981-499 Beijing, P.R. of China
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Fax +33.389.70-2777 lars.persson@cryo.aga.com linde.za@linde-le.com Fax +86.10.6437-6718
info@cryostar.com Linde Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. info@linde-lecn.com
Linde Process Plants, Inc. Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Linde CryoPlants Ltd. Tulsa, OK, U.S.A. Moscow Office, Russia Phone +91.265.3056-789 Linde Engineering Taiwan Ltd.
Aldershot, United Kingdom Phone +1.918.4771-200 Phone +7.495.6426242 Fax +91.265.2461-757 Taipei, Taiwan
Phone +44.1252.3313-51 Fax +1.918.4771-100 Fax +7.495.6426243 sales@linde-le.com Phone +886.2.2786-3131
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Seoul, South Korea
Phone +82.2780-0954
Fax +82.2780-0958
hanyong.lee@linde.com
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Phone +49.89.7445-0, Fax +49.89.7445-4908, E-Mail: info@linde-le.com, www.linde-engineering.com