Introduction

The Low Pressure Enhanced Recovery System (LP-ERS) is a proprietary, compact process unit that is
specifically tailored for enhanced stabilized crude recovery from production facilities
operating at low pressures of less than approximately 20 barg. This system maximizes the recovery of
condensates (C4+ components) from the associated gas and stabilizes the recovered condensate and
crude to meet the typical product TVP and RVP specifications, whilst minimizing the greenhouse gas
(CO2) emission and improving the stabilized crude quality.

Conventional enhanced recovery systems require very bulky and complex facilities like booster
compression and/or refrigeration units, pretreatment including gas dehydrations system, utilities like
power, cooling medium, etc., which significantly add to the facility weights, space, cost and complexity,
thus making recovery of condensates from associated gas not economically viable, particularly for
marginal developments. The LP-ERS has been developed to specifically to address these issues by
enabling high recovery of condensates from low pressure associated gas in a cost effective manner. The
improvements in stabilized crude production rates with the LP-ERS ranges from 5% to 25% depending
on the production rate, fluid compositions and Gas/Oil Ratio (GOR) of the production fluid.
While the LP-ERS is suitable for enhanced NGL recovery from low pressure associated gas, we also have
proprietary enhanced recovery solutions for other applications like the HP-ERS for services where the
gas is available at high pressure and the HyReQ system where crude is used as an absorbent to enhance
recovery.
Technology brief for these other system are available on request.
Brief Description

The concept uses a simple JT-Valve based dew point control unit
(DPCU) that is modified for low pressure applications to extract
condensates from the low pressure associated gas stream by the
chilling process.
The chilling duty for the Gas Chiller of the DPCU is derived by
evaporative cooling of inhibited fresh water using the leaned-out (and
in the process, dehydrated) associated gas from the DPCU in an
evaporator column prior to the gas being flared. The cold condensates
extracted from the chilled associated gas at the DPCU is then
contacted with rich flash gas from the final stage of the crude
stabilization train to strip out light ends (C3- components) from the
condensates and to absorb heavy ends (C5+ components) from the
rich flash gas. The stripped condensate is then comingled with crude
production and stabilized in the crude stabilization multistage
separator train to meet the product TVP and RVP specifications, which
typically is 12 psia and 10 psia respectively.
• The condensates extracted not only increases
the stabilized crude volumes but also
improves the crude quality by increasing its
API Gravity and reducing its viscosity. Also, the
extraction of the C4+ components from the
associated gas improves the quality of the gas
as the gas product will be leaner. In situations
where the associated gas is used as fuel gas or
flared, the greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions
are reduced by up to 30%.
 Typical LP-ERS Unit Size/Weight and 3D model
• System sized for 15 MMscfd operating at 7-13 barg
• Estimated Module Layout Size
• 7.0m(W) x 7.0m(L) x 11.0m(H)
• Estimated Module Weight - 80 Tonnes
• This example system produces an incremental recovery of approximately 1000 bpd
 Summary
• Increases stabilized crude production by between 5% to 25% over typical
conventional systems depending on the production rate and fluid
compositions.
• Improves gas quality by removal of heavy ends (C4+ components) in cases
where the gas is used as fuel gas or flared, reduces the CO2 emission by
up to 30%.
• Extracted condensates (C5+ components) from the associated gas stream,
when stabilized with crude
• increases the API gravity and reduces the viscosity of the crude, thus
improving the quality of the bulk crude.
• The system has minimal moving parts and is of a simplistic operational
design thus providing high system availability and low maintenance
requirements.

Installation Locations

• New or existing oil and gas production and processing facilities where
associated gas is flared.