Process Engineering Stories

Performed detailed evaluation of a 12 MMSCFD cryogenic gas processing facility and determined the bottlenecks to processing up to 18 MMSCFD. Provided sequential listing of

Performed detailed capacity study on an existing high recovery cryogenic expander plant located in Texas. Determined sequential plant bottlenecks enabling 50% higher capacity and evaluated

Process design for the conversion of two expander plants processing a total of 1,350 MMSCFD of gas located in Trinidad & Tobago.

Process design, detailed design, and construction/startup support for a 600 MMSCFD expander plant located in Trinidad & Tobago.

Detailed process design support for the expansion of an existing 2400 MMSCFD ethane recovery expander plant.

Unique process design of a high propane recovery expander plant to be installed on a FPSO (floating production storage off-loading) tanker located in Indonesian waters.

Startup/commissioning support for a 125 MMSCFD expander plant located off-shore Lake Maricaibo, Venezuela.

Detailed process design support and on-site startup assistance for two recovery plants (one J-T and one refrigeration) processing a total of 425 MMSCFD located in

“Beware the Pitfalls of CO2 Freezing Prediction“ Chemical Engineering Progress, Vol. 101, No. 3, March 2005.

“Low-BTU Gas in the Permian Chase Group in the Ryersee Field in Western Kansas: A Case History where Technology Creates a Marketable Commodity” Presented at

“Pitfalls of CO2 Freezing Prediction“ Proceedings of the Eighty-Second GPA Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, March 10-12, 2003.

“A Comparative Study of Ethane Recovery Processes“ Proceedings of the Seventy-Nineth GPA Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13-15, 2000.

“Calculation of Two-Phase Pressure Drop” Harburda, S. and S. Chafin, Chemical Processing 2000 Fluid Flow Annual. Chemical Processing 2000 Fluid Flow Annual Desktop Reference TwoPhase

“A Comparative Study of Propane Recovery Processes“ Proceedings of the Seventy-Eighth GPA Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1-3, 1999.

“Optimizing Field Compressor Station Designs“ Pennybaker, K.A., SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1998.