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Product Specifications: Sales Gas

The main product of a treating facility is usually sales gas that is delivered through pipelines to markets. Liquid products like natural gas liquids (NGLs) or liquified petroleum gases (LPGs) can be delivered as mixed streams or fractionated into individual streams like ethane, propane, and butane. Ethane and NGLs are delivered by pipeline due to their high vapor pressure, while LPGs, propane, and butane can be delivered by pipeline, truck, or rail. Condensate is delivered by pipeline, truck, or rail. Sales gas specifications are determined by individual pipeline companies and typically include limits on heating value, hydrogen sulfide content, total sulfur, hydrocarbon dew point,

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Product Specifications: Sales Gas

The main product of a treating facility is usually sales gas that is delivered through pipelines to markets. Liquid products like natural gas liquids (NGLs) or liquified petroleum gases (LPGs) can be delivered as mixed streams or fractionated into individual streams like ethane, propane, and butane. Ethane and NGLs are delivered by pipeline due to their high vapor pressure, while LPGs, propane, and butane can be delivered by pipeline, truck, or rail. Condensate is delivered by pipeline, truck, or rail. Sales gas specifications are determined by individual pipeline companies and typically include limits on heating value, hydrogen sulfide content, total sulfur, hydrocarbon dew point,

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Product Specifications

The main product of a treating facility is usually sales gas that is delivered to a
pipeline for transportation to markets. Liquid products may be delivered in a
variety of ways. The lighter streams can be delivered as mixed streams like
Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs), or Liquified Petroleum Gases (LPGs). These lighter
streams might also be delivered as fractionated stream like ethane, propane, or
butane. Ethane and NGLs are delivered by pipeline due to their high vapour
pressure. LPGs, propane, and butane can be delivered by pipeline, truck, or rail
car. The heavy hydrocarbon stream is produced as a condensate stream (C5+)
and can be shipped by pipeline, truck, or rail car.
Sales Gas
The detailed sales gas specifications that must be met are determined by the
particular pipeline company. Standard gas conditions are 15 oC and 101.325
kPa(abs). Typical Alberta sales gas specifications are given in Table 1-1, but
one should always refer to the specific sales gas contract.
Table 1-1 Typical Sales Gas Specifications
Specification

SI value

Traditional value

Higher Heating Value (minimum)


Higher Heating Value (maximum)
H2S Content (maximum)
Total Sulphur (maximum)
Hydrocarbon Dew Point (minimum)

34.5 MJ/Sm3
42.8 MJ/Sm3
23 mg/Sm3
115 mg/Sm3
-10 oC @
5500 kPa(abs)
65 mg/Sm3
49 oC
6200 kPa(g)
2% by volume

950 BTU/scf
1180 BTU/scf
1 grain/100 scf
5 grain/100 scf
15 oF @
800 psia
4 lb/MMscf
120 oF
900 psig
2% by volume

Water Content (maximum)


Delivery Temperature (maximum)
Delivery Pressure (minimum)
CO2

Oxygen, and mercaptans might also be specified in some contracts, and there is
usually a clause prohibiting waxes, gums, and other deleterious substances.
Contracts may also specify a Wobbe index, which is:

WobbeIndex =
Where:

HHV

(Eq 1-1)

= relative density of gas

ENCH 609 Lecture 1

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