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Table of Contents

1.0 PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................ 3

2.0 DEFINITIONS AND ABBRIVIATIONS ........................................................................... 3

3.0 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS ...................................................................... 3

4.0 LANGUAGE AND UNITS ................................................................................................ 4

5.0 PROCESS DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 5

6.0 BASIC DESIGN PARAMETERS ...................................................................................... 6

7 PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 8

8 LIQUID STORAGE AND HANDLING FACILITIES ..................................................... 11

9 UTILITIES .................................................................................................................... 11

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1.0 PURPOSE

The intent of this document is to define the basic design parameters and main technical
requirements for the Design and Engineering of Ca Mau GPP.

2.0 DEFINITIONS AND ABBRIVIATIONS

Abbreviation Description
BOD Basis Of Design
FRP Ca Mau Fertilizer Plant
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GDC Gas Distribution Center
GPP Gas Processing Plant
H&MB Heat & Material Balance
HHV Higher Heating Value
LHV Lower Heating Value
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
MMSCMD Million Standard Cubic Meters Per Day
MMSCFD Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Day
NGL Natural Gas Liquids
PFS Pre-Feasibility Study
PP Ca Mau Power Plants 0

PVGAS PetroVietnam Gas

PVN PetroVietnam
STBPD Standard Barrel Per Day
TBD To be Determined
TPD Ton Per Day
UBC Universal Building Code
WI Wobbe Index

3.0 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

Vietnam laws, regulations, codes and standards as set out as “Project applicable code and 0

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standard” shall be complied.

- TCVN 5939: 2005 Air Quality: Industrial Emission Standards - Inorganic Substances and
Dusts
- QCVN 05: 2009 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on ambient air quality
- QCVN 06: 2009 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on certain hazardous
substances in the ambient air
- QCVN 19: 2009 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on industrial emissions for
dust and inorganic substances
- QCVN 20: 2009 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on industrial emissions for
some organic matter
- QCVN 14: 2008 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on waste water
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- QCVN 40: 2011 / BTNMT: National Technical Regulation on industrial wastewater
- API 520 9th Edition: Sizing and Selection of Pressure-relieving Devices
- API 521 6th Edition: Pressure-relieving and Depressuring System
- API 537 2nd Edition: Flare Details for General Refinery and Petrochemical Service
- API 610 11th Edition: Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas
Industries
- API 617 8th Edition: Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expander-compressors
- API 650 12th Edition: Welded Tanks for Oil Storage
- API 2000 7th Edition: Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks
- API 2510 8th Edition: Design and Construction of LPG Installations

4.0 LANGUAGE AND UNITS

All documentation shall be produced in English language. Some documentation (e.g.

documents which are to be submitted to local authority) may require translation into
Vietnamese.
All measurements shall be in SI units except for following units:
BCMA Billion Cubic Meters Annually
MMSCMD Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters Per Day 0

STBPD Standard Barrels Per Day

TPD Tons Per Day

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5.0 PROCESS DESCRIPTION

The Ca Mau GPP will be designed to extract NGL from its gas feed and produce:
- Residue sales gas;
- LPG (C3/C4 blend) for delivery to the domestic market;
- Condensate for delivery to the domestic market or international market.
The residue sales gas shall be sent back to the existing Gas Distribution Center (GDC) and 0

subsequently delivered to end-users including power and fertilizer plants. The liquid product
will be stored in spheres/tanks and will be exported by ship and truck.
The Ca Mau GPP will rely on a pipeline from the existing GDC for gas feed supply. The GDC 0
shall act as the interface between the GPP and the supply network. It regulates the allowable
supply of gas to the GPP via a feed control and by-pass system. This ensures that in the event
of GPP failure adequate supply of gas to the users is maintained via direct by-pass of the GPP.
5.1 Site Configuration
The PM3 feed gas and residue export gas from GPP will be made via new pipeline tie-ins at
the existing PM3 pipeline GDC at Ca Mau (see Figure-1) 0

<Figure-1 Gas Processing Plant Schematic>

The cryogenic NGL recovery unit includes a Molecular Sieve dehydration section designed to
remove water from the gas stream coming from the Gas Treater. The Molecular Sieve unit
dries the gas to a water content of less than 1 ppmv to prevent freezing in the cryogenic

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section. A dedicated regeneration gas heater is included with the packaged unit.

6.0 BASIC DESIGN PARAMETERS

6.1 Design Life

The GPP and associated facilities shall be designed and constructed for a minimum service life
of 30 years.
6.2 GPP Design Capacity
<Table-1 Design Capacity for Ca Mau GPP>
Description Unit Flow

GPP Design Capacity MMSCMD 6.20

GPP shall be designed with a minimum of 10% margin on overall capacity. Each item shall
meet design margin specified in CMGPP-FD-PR-CRT-0001_Process Design Criteria:
No margin items for flowrate are as below.
- Vessels & Storage Tanks
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- Intermittent or non-critical services pump & positive displacement pumps
- Compressors
- Air Cooler & Shell and tube exchanger (10 % margin for required surface shall be
considered)
- Pipelines
Future GPP expansion shall be considered appropriately. For space planning two additional
trains are considered. However, feed gas composition and production forecasts for the
additional trains will be defined in future expansion.

6.3 FEED Gas Composition

The GPP shall be designed to process a range of feed gas composition (Lean Case and Rich
Case by Gas Analysis Results at GDC within 2011-2014 supplied by PVGAS Ca Mau 0
Company and approved FS) as below :
<Table-2 Gas composition – Lean Case>
Component % mole
Carbon dioxide 7.99
Nitrogen 1.54
Methane 81.04
Ethane 5.62

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Propane 2.47
i-Butane 0.47
n-Butane 0.47
i-Pentane 0.16
n-Pentane 0.12
n-Hexane 0.11
n-Heptane 0.01
TOTAL 100.00
(Composition refers approved FS, Gas Analysis No. IRT10030337 in Q1/2010)

<Table-3 Gas composition – Rich Case>

Component % mole
Carbon dioxide 7.43
Nitrogen 1.03
Methane 78.09
Ethane 7.99
Propane 3.51
i-Butane 0.80
n-Butane 0.75
i-Pentane 0.25
n-Pentane 0.15
n-Hexane 0.00
n-Heptane 0.00
TOTAL 100.00
(Compositions refer Gas Analysis No. HC1402065-01 at GDC in Q1/2014) 0

Maximum feed gas impurities according to existing Gas Sale and Purchase Agreements are
noted in Table-4 both for the Feed Gas and for the Sales Gas. “Upset case” where CO2
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concentration may reach 10% is to be studied for operation guideline by UOP.
<Table-4 Gas Impurities>
Max.
Impurities Unit
Content
Carbon dioxide %mol 8
Hydrogen sulfide ppm(v) 10
3
Mercaptans Mg/Sm 11
3
Total Mercury µg/Sm 20
3
Water Mg/Sm 80

6.4 Feed Gas Condition

The gas supply pressure and temperature to the GPP at the GDC battery limit are assumed as B
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follows:

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<Table-5 Feed Gas Condition>

Parameter Unit Value
MMSCMD 6.2
Design Flow Rate
(MMSCFD) (219)
Bypass System Design MMSCMD 6.95
Flow Rate (MMSCFD) (245)
Pressure Barg 70
Temperature ℃ 33

6.5 Environmental Data

Air Cooling Design Temperature : 35 ℃ 0
<Table-6 Environmental Design Data>
Properties Minimum Average Maximum

Air 18℃ - 38.2℃

Black Bulb 70℃
Sea Water 25℃ 28℃
Humidity 41.4% 79.3% 100%
Wind Speed 0 m/s 1 to 4 m/s 28 m/s

6.6 Utility Data

Operating Press Operating Temp Design Condition

barg ℃ barg ℃

Min. Nor. Max. Min. Nor. Max. Press Temp

Instrument Air 5.0 9.5 10.0 18 35 45 12 70

Plant Air 5.0 9.5 10.0 18 35 45 12 70

Nitrogen 5.0 9.5 10.0 18 35 45 12 70

Fuel Gas To be confirmed later 0

7.0 PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS

<Table-7 Production yield estimates>

Fluids Unit Quantity
Total Feed Gas (PM3 Gas) MMSCMD 6.2
Sales Gas MMSCMD 5.75
600 (Design Case, Note1)
LPG TPD 0
441 (Lean Case,Note1)

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656 (Rich Case, Note1)

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34 (Design Case, Note1)
Condensate TPD
45 (Lean Case, Note 1)

Note: 1. Based on the Process Basis of Design (ISBL) Rev.B CMGPP-FD-PR-BOD-1001-08.

7.1. Residue Sale Gas Requirements

Residue sale gas will be exported via gas distribution lines to Ca Mau Power plants and Ca
Mau Fertilizer plant from GDC. Sale gas transport from the GPP to the GDC will be through a 0

pipeline at the pressure noted above.

The specifications of residue sale gas to be delivered to Ca Mau Power and Fertilizer plants
are fixed by existing end-user agreements according to Table-8 and Table-9.

<Table-8 GPP Residue Gas Export to Ca Mau Power Plants>

Property Unit Value

GHV ≥37MJ/Sm3
Maximum Impurities Refer Table-4
Min. 20℃ above
Operating Temperature ℃ HC dew point @ 45 barg
Maximum Temperature ℃ 50
Normal Operating Pressure at
inlet Ca Mau Power Plant barg 40 – 60
Minimum Pressure at outlet
GPP barg 50

<Table-9 Gas Supply specifications for Fertilizer Plant>

Property Unit Value

Maximum Impurities Refer Table-4

Min. 20℃ above
Operating Temperature ℃ HC dew point @ 45 barg
Maximum Temperature ℃ 50
Normal Operating Pressure at
inlet Ca Mau Power Plant barg 40 – 60
Minimum Pressure at outlet
GPP barg 50

7.2. Liquid Product Requirements

The GPP will produce two liquid product streams:

- LPG

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- Condensate
Condensate will be exported (by ship) while the LPG will supply Vietnamese domestic market.
Local customers will receive their LPG by trucks while for more distant market the delivery
shall be made via ships.
The liquid (LPG and condensate) products being produced shall meet the relevant
specifications as detailed in TCCS 01:2013/PVGAS (for LPG) and TCCS 03:2012/PVGAS
(for condensate).
<Table-10 LPG Specification(TCCS 01:2013/PVGAS)>
No Name Unit Requirement Test Methods
1 Vapour pressure at 37.8℃ kPa max 1430 TCVN 8356
(ASTM D 1267)
2 Residue on evaporation 100 ml Ml max 0.05 TCVN 3165
(ASTM D 2158)
3 Copper Corrosion, no more No.1 TCVN 8359
(ASTM D 1838)
4 Total sulfur content mg/kg Max 140 TCVN 8363
(ASTM D 2784)
or ASTM D 6667
5 Content
Ethane %mol Notification Data TCVN 8360
(ASTM D 2163)
Butadien %mol Max 0.5
Pentane and heavier %vol Max 2.0
Olefine %vol Max 0.5
6 Density at 15℃ kg/l Notification Data ASTM D 1657
7 Free water content %mass No Visual inspection

<Table-11 Condensate Specification(TCCS 03:2012/PVGAS)>

No Name Unit Requirement Test Methods
1 Density at 15℃ kg/l Notification data ASTM D 1298
2 Saturated Vapour pressure at psi Max 12.1 ASTM D 323
37.8℃
3 Sulfur content %mass Max 0.15 ASTM D 1266
4 Free water content %vol No ASTM D 95
5 Total acid content mg KOH/g Max 0.033 ASTM D 974
6 Cooper corrosion in 03 hours at - No. 1 ASTM D 130
50℃
7 Octane value (RON) Min 55 ASTM D 2699
8 Distillation ASTM D 86
IBP ℃ Max 45
FBP ℃ Max 180
Residue and loss content %vol Max 2.5

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8.0 LIQUID STORAGE AND HANDLING FACILITIES

Liquid storage and export facilities include the following:

- LPG storage tanks (working volume of 2000 ton LPG/each)
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- Condensate storage tanks (working volume of 1500 m3/each)
- Loading equipment such as flexible hoses for ship loading and vapor return, transfer
pumps, etc. dedicated for liquid transfer from storage tank to ship and truck
- LPG and condensate export pipelines
- Sale Export Gas and Export LPG and Condensate metering skid; 0

- Truck loading system such as loading arms, vapor return arms, transfer pumps, etc
- Pig Launcher / Receiver
- LPG ship/barge loading system
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Storage tanks shall be designed to store the LPG of 10 days and condensate liquid products of
30-day continuous GPP operation with no product export.

9.0 UTILITIES

9.1 Cooling System

Cooling system will be used to cool down process or utility stream according to operating
requirement if needed.
At this time no requirements are expected for a cooling water system. All cooling points shall
be done by air cooler.

9.2 Heating System

Modular heating systems will be configured by the process unit supplier to match the
requirements of the process units.
Two separate HMO systems will be supplied to simplify both the installation and operation of
the entire system. One system will be dedicated to the SCORE NGL recovery section and the
other will provide heating duty for the stabilizer.

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9.3 Flare System

The flare system will include HP flare system and LP flare system.
The HP and LP Flare systems will collect discharges from relief and blowdown valves at
pressure vessels that will discharge during abnormal conditions and direct flow to a knock out
drum before sending the waste gas to a high efficiency flare tip mounted on a flare stack.
The flare system shall be designed to safely dispose of the maximum simultaneous release of
hydrocarbons deemed credible for the GPP, liquid storage and export facilities. The failures to
be considered include complete or partial utility failure, single or multiple related equipment
failures, and fires. An exhaustive listing of credible relief scenarios shall be collated. Relief
quantities shall then be calculated for each credible scenario to determine the maximum flow
and maximum radiation level. The size of the flare system components shall be based on the
situation having to discharge 16.28MMSCMD except flare tip package that is 6.2MMSCMD,
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16.28MMSCMD is the maximum design flow from Block B&52 for future extend, which
results in the largest relief quantity. Minimum design temperature requirements shall be
comprehensively evaluated.
A flare ignition unit will be provided as part of the flare tip package to ensure that the gas
released is burnt and the pilot flames stay alight.
Flare stack height, flare common header between ISBL and flare stack is considered for future
extension 16.28 MMSCD but flare tip is not considered. Future extension is considered for 0
Flare KO drum”.

9.3 Fuel Gas System

Fuel gas for process heating will be drawn from within the process making best use of low
heating value fuel where possible and uncompressed sales gas.
Fuel Gas is used primarily for process heating during normal operation. Low pressure fuel gas
will be taken form the membrane permeate gas which has a low heating value. High pressure
fuel gas (if required) will be taken from FEED gas during start-up.
Switching between low pressure fuel gas to high pressure fuel gas and vice versa shall be
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automatic when required.

9.4 Chemical Injection System

Small methanol injection package will be required by the NGL recovery unit and some
chemical treatment may be required as part of waste water or effluent treatment.
Chemical/methanol dosing systems shall be included directly with each package where it is 0
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9.5 Closed Drain System

A maintenance closed drain system is provided for collection and recycling of process liquids
from hydrocarbon systems that normally operates under pressure. This system is intended for
maintenance use only so it will normally be positively isolated from individual equipment that
is in operation and/or still under pressure.
Closed drain vessel is sized to accommodate the expected maximum volume of drained liquid.

9.6 Open Drain System

The GPP will have two drain systems covering the processing areas and the bounded storage
tank area. The “Open Drains System” will capture any spillage from process areas and also
have to catch the first flush when it rains. The liquid captured directly around the processing
area will be segregated from open areas by toe walls. A second drainage system „Storm Water
Drain‟ will be provided for open areas (roads and non-process plant areas). Water from the
“Storm Water Drain” will be directed offsite with no further treatment.
All areas that contain hydrocarbons will be surrounded to ensure that flammable or hazardous
liquids do not escape from that area. Any spills or leaks will be collected in a hazardous area
drains system. Gas-liquid seal traps will be used to segregate nonhazardous area drainage from
the hydrocarbon phase of the hazardous area drains.
Drains from the “Open Drains System” will be collected in a collection sump.
The “Contaminated Water Drain” finally runs down to the open drains sump. This sump 0
contains a separator compartment fitted with a plate pack. This aids coalescence and gravity
separation of any oil, which then settles to the top of liquids where it can skimmed off and
collected in an adjacent oily water sump. The collected oil can be routed either to the burn pit.
The aqueous underflow from the open separator is routed to outside of the plant. The quality
of the effluent must meet local regulations.
Open drain tank is sized to accommodate the maximum expected liquid flow rate.

9.7 Compressed Air & Nitrogen

Compressed air is required for the operation of instruments, plant tools and for making
nitrogen.
Nitrogen Generator unit will be a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) unit, consisting of two
beds – one on line and the other regenerating. The nitrogen from this type of unit will
generally have the purity of around 97%. This is typical requirement for purging/blanketing
gas. Nitrogen will also be required for the seals on the compressors.
The Nitrogen Package will include its own compressor and dryer together with PSA beds and
receiver. For major maintenance requirements, additional nitrogen will be supplied in bulk
liquid containers.

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9.8 Diesel Fuel

Diesel fuel is required for the emergency generator and main firewater pumps. The storage
capacity shall allow for at least 12 hours of continuous operation for the main fire water pump 0
and 7 days of continuous operation for emergency generator.
Diesel Fuel oil system consists of Diesel oil storage tank, Diesel oil transfer pumps and Diesel
oil filters.

9.9 Utility Water

All plant water is to be supplied by the public water supply. Water brought in will be stored
into a storage tank. Water will then be pumped to general distribution. This will include water
for amenities, wash down, and general areas. However, water for Jetty area is to be supplied
from near available supply point and the point.

9.10 Fire Water

An independent firewater supply system is required that will provide three hours of continuous
supply to the area of the plant that has the greatest firewater demand.
The fire ring main is to be pressurized and circulated by one of two electric motor driven
jockey pumps. A Firewater tank will be provided to hold three hours of continuous water
usage. The jockey pumps will operate off the Utility Water Storage Tank.

9.11 Corrosion Monitoring System

Online corrosion monitoring system is required for plant, terminal and export pipeline.

9.12 Odorization System

LPG is a highly flammable gas that is colorless and odorless in its natural state. For that reason,
an odorant is required to add to the LPG to make it easier to detect if a leak or spill occurs
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during storing and transporting.

9.13 Any Consideration for Future Expansion/Extension

Consideration for Future Expansion/Extension is required for installation of tie-ins without
major disruption to operations. Future expansion is applied for IA Header, N2 Header, Fuel
Gas Header, Condensate Storage Tank Inlet Line, LPG Storage Sphere Inlet Line, LPG Truck
Loading Line, LPG Export Line, Condensate Export Line and LPG Vapor Return Line.

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