Condensate Stabilization
Headquartered in Houston, Texas
Condensate stabilizers are designed to reduce the vapor pressure of raw liquid condensate from a wellhead or pipeline to “stabilize” the liquid product for storage and sales. Stabilization is typically accomplished by liberating light hydrocarbons (C1 through C4s) in a medium- to low-pressure, reboiled distillation column. The overhead vapor can be utilized as fuel or returned to a plant for further processing. The remaining liquid product (C5+) can be stored or transported as a natural gasoline product or blended with a crude feedstock for further process. Some designs also allow for recovery of a separate Y-Grade NGL product.
The basics steps in condensate stabilization:
Condensate liquids are separated in a slug catcher or inlet handling system (Azota has a range or inlet liquid handling solutions, click here for more information)
The raw condensate is flashed down to an intermediate pressure, filtered, and preheated using the residual heat from the liquid product.
The liquid is then fed to a stabilizer tower with a bottom reboiler. Heat from the reboiler vaporizes the lighter components out the top of the tower while the remaining stabilized condensate collects out the bottom of the reboiler.
The hot condensate is cross exchanged with the incoming liquid and sent to storage or pipeline
The vapor overhead is burned for fuel or compressed and sent to plant for further processing.
Features:
Standard designs for 2,000, 5,000, and 10,000 bbl/day with custom designs up to 40,000 bbl/day
Standard packages designed for up to 1100 psig feed pressure
Systems can produce liquid RVP products from 8-12 psia
All packages are completely modularized on 1-2 skids, shipped fully assembled with all piping, valves, instrumentation, wiring, and insulation.
Optional add-on reflux package will allow for separate Y-Grade NGL recovery
Optional add-on filtration package for Saybolt color management