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GPA Europe 2017 Annual Conference 13 15 September 2017 Budapest, Hungary Technical Conference and Knowledge Session: Using the GPSA Engineering Databook Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel Széchenyi Istaván Tér 2 1051 Budapest

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GPA Europe

2017 Annual Conference 13 – 15 September 2017

Budapest, Hungary

Technical Conference

and Knowledge Session: Using the GPSA Engineering

Databook

Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel Széchenyi Istaván Tér 2

1051 Budapest

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GPA Europe

2017 Annual Conference

Introduction

GPA Europe’s Annual Conference is the highlight of the GPA Europe year and, this year we return to beautiful Budapest after 18 years. We have a slate of very interesting papers on offer which will be presented on 14 and 15 (am) September. The meeting will include the usual functions and we are hopeful of being able to add a very useful Knowledge Session on the afternoon of 13 September also

Welcome Reception

As, usual a Welcome Reception of all delegates will be held at the Sofitel from 1800 – 2000 on 13 September at which you will have the opportunity to meet your fellow delegates, renew old acquaintances and meet new friends. Afterwards, take your dinner in the hotel or explore the many local restaurants around the Sofitel

Conference Dinner

Final details of the Conference Dinner location are being developed and more information will be published soon, but, as with recent Conference Dinners, the location will be an interesting site, away from the Conference Hotel and there will be surprises!

Knowledge Session

Arrangements are still being planned but we are hopeful that, on the afternoon of Wednesday 13 September, we will be able to arrange a four-hour Knowledge Session presenting a taster of the GPA Midstream’s Training Course on the use of the GPSA Engineering data book. The presentation was given at the GPA Midstream 2017 Convention in San Antonio in April 2017.

Young Professionals Initiative

As usual GPA Europe will offer Young Professionals, with less than 5 years of experience in gas processing, a £ 200/€ 230 discount on their chosen Package for the conference. The incentive is designed to encourage young engineers to meet and network with older members of the Gas Processing industry and to learn real practical solutions to the issues associated with the industry

Companions Tour

In keeping with tradition, spouses and companions of delegates are very welcome to attend all the social events and, in addition a tour is being arranged to the Gödöllő Castle, the home Hungary’s favorite Imperial family Franz Joseph and Queen Elisabeth. In the afternoon, we will visit the Lázár Equestrian Centre to witness Hungary’s love affair with the horse. This event is a key draw and is enjoyed by all participants each year.

Location

The meeting will be held in the Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel, which, as the Intercontinental Hotel, hosted a GPA Europe conference in 1999. The hotel is situated on the Pest side of the Danube in close walking distance from the Opera House, the spectacular Parliament Building and the cosmopolitan heart of Budapest. A short stroll across the Chain Bridge will bring you to the funicular railway to access Budapest Castle and the quieter Buda side of the river.

Full details can be found at:

http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-3229-sofitel-budapest-chain-bridge/index.shtml

Conference Schedule

Date Times Activities

13 September

12:00 – 17:00 Planned Knowledge Session – to be confirmed

18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception

14 September 09:00 – 17:00 Technical Presentations Companion’s Tour

19:00 - 23:00 Conference Dinner

15 September 09:00 – 12:30 Technical Presentations

12:30 Close of Conference

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GPA EUROPE

2017 Annual Conference

PROGRAMME

13 September 2017

Knowledge Session

Afternoon Session Chairman: -

1300 - 1700

Getting Full Use out of the GPSA Engineering Data Book: An

Introduction to the Week-Long Training Class

This four-hour workshop was developed to showcase the importance and utility the GPSA

Engineering Data Book. This session will present a sampling of the content directly from

GPA Midstream's week-long class to introduce the scope of the full training course for this

well-known resource. Beyond being introduced the content of the GPSA Engineering Data

Book, attendees will benefit from several full-length modules from the training course, as

the presenters dive into specific and realistic problems that might be encountered every

day on the job, when designing or troubleshooting facilities and/or equipment.

Further details of this event will be provided later

1800 – 2000

Welcome Reception

You and your companion are invite to join your fellow delegates to renew acquaintances and meet new friends in an informal environment for two hours over drinks and canapes.

At 20:00 you are encouraged to explore Budapest to sample Hungarian cooking at the many restaurants in and near the hotel.

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14 September 2017

Technical Meeting

SOUR GAS TREATMENT

0900

Meeting Sulphur Emissions Specifications: Tail Gas Treatment

Fundamentals and How to Optimize a "vintage" Tail Gas Treatment

Unit

Gerald Vorberg & Thomas Ingram BASF SE and Pamela

d'Anterroches, Stefan Below & Sebastian Kordes BP Gelsenkirchen

Tighter S02 emission regulations or simply processing more sour crude will trigger a re-

evaluation of the efficiency of the entire CLAUS plant. As a first measure operators will

explore various ways to make incremental improvements at minimal investment costs. The

total sulphur recovery rate of an SRU is one key parameter for the efficiency of the entire

complex. However, improving the performance of the CLAUS Tail Gas Treatment Unit

(TGTU) provides some feasible and very cost-effective options to lower the sulphur

emissions. BP and BASE jointly evaluated this option for an existing TGT unit at the BP

refinery site in Gelsenkirchen Germany and then proceeded to implementation. Based on

some TGT design fundamentals this paper will show how to change the performance of a

"vintage unit" by optimizing the operation with a new selective solvent development of

BASF's OASE® yellow Technology portfolio. In conclusion, the paper will provide operating

data from the TGTU both before and after the optimization and supply some "rules of

thumb" for those who may wish to improve the performance of their own TGT units.

0930

Surfactant Contaminants in Feed Gas Stream to Amine Units: The

Hidden Foaming

David Engel, Heath Burns and Scott Williams, Nexo Solutions

Contamination in feed gas streams to processing plants is one of the leading causes of lost

revenue upsets and low throughput. More detailed testing shows that surfactants in the gas

stream are one of the most damaging contaminants affecting the process. Surfactants

often pose several challenges such as foaming and emulsification. In fact, surfactants in

the feed gas is perhaps the predominant cause of amine foaming leading to high H2S in the

treated gas and amine solvent losses. Surface active contaminants in gas streams should

therefore be sampled analysed and removed to enable processing plants to run stable.

This paper discusses several cases where inlet gas sampling revealed the presence of

surfactants directly linked to amine solvent foaming and associated losses. Specialized

methods for surfactants presence such as surface tension and surface rheology evaluation

are examined here as well as techniques for on-site sampling of the inlet gas. The paper

additionally discusses measures to be implemented to remove surfactants and eliminate

their downstream effects.

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1000

Cost-effective solution for H2S and light organic sulphur removal on a

wide variety of gases

Olivier Ducreux And Conrad Scranton, Axens

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and light mercaptans (RSH) are common contaminants that

require removal from natural gas associated gas landfill gas CO2 or biogas derived

methane and cause foul air odour complaints around wastewater and industrial operations.

Levels of hydrogen sulphide and light mercaptans can vary from a few parts per million to

as much as percent levels. Removal of these sulphur components is accomplished with

"Sulphur Scavengers" most often as the first step in the processing scheme. Axens

provides dry media products which safely and effectively remove these common sulphur

contaminants. Based on an industrial case study the presentation is going to emphasize

the benefits of operating AxTrapTM products especially where streams are saturated with

water. The removal of sulphur compounds from methane and CO2 streams enables the

utilization of these greenhouse gases in applications to minimize environmental impact.

1030 Networking Coffee Break

1100

Operational Experience of High Pressure Acid-gas Capture

Technology (HiPACT)

Nikola Vukoje, NIS, Petroleum Industry Of Serbia

NIS is one of the largest vertically integrated energy companies in Southeast Europe. To

fulfil the technical requirements of the national gas distribution network in Serbia, NIS

invested in a HIPACT unit in one of its Oil and Gas Preparation and Transportation

compounds in Elemir. The HIPACT technology (High Pressure Acid-gas Capture

Technology) is an advanced CO2-capture technology that contributes to economical CCS

(Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage) implementation in natural gas processing plants.

The HiPACT unit at NIS is designed to produce a sales gas specification with a maximum

of 3% CO2. The acid off-gas released from the process is injected into disposal wells

owned by the company thus preventing its release into the atmosphere. Construction of the

unit was completed in December 2014 followed by a commissioning period of 180 days.

After more than 360 days of operation there have been very few operational problems such

as foaming and corrosion. The performance has been better than expected as the CO2 slip

is maintained around 0.5% much lower than design value of 3%. This gives NIS operational

flexibility to deliver high quality gas to its customers. The plant operates at its design

capacity and is able to cope with supply fluctuation from the field. From time to time the

plant has experienced shutdowns due to external factors (e.g. power supply), however the

HIPACT unit has proved easy to operate and very forgiving and the hot re-starts have

quickly brought the plant back to stable operation at nameplate capacity. This presentation

(and paper) will detail the operational experience of the unit.

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1130

Streamlined Natural Gas Treatment by Membranes

Paul Terrien, Pascal Marty, Ed Sanders, Sandeep Karode & Yong Ding,

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions France

Membrane separation is a cost-effective way to remove CO2 from natural gas. The typical

membrane treatment package usually consists of a relatively complex pre-treatment step

followed by a simple membrane system. This paper will present another innovative All-

Membrane Solution This All Membrane Solution consists of:

• a first stage of (polyether ether ketone) PEEK-SepTM membranes resistant to the

main impurities in natural gas removing water heavy hydrocarbons and H2S

simultaneously essentially replacing the pre-treatment for CO2 removal membrane,

• a second stage of polyimide membranes MEDAL PIX with extremely high CO2 / CH4

selectivity for CO2 removal

Key benefits are simplicity of operation and compactness of footprint.

1200 Networking Lunch

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Technical Meeting

1400

Immobilized Amines for Biogas and Sour Gas Processing

P. Hauwert, Frames Oil & Gas Processing, S. Sutanto, R.T. Driessen, &

D.W.F. Brilman, Sustainable Process Technology, Universiteit Twente

and J.W. Dijkstra, J.A.Z. Pieterse, & J. Boon, Energy Research Centre of

the Netherlands

Immobilized amine sorbents have mainly been studied for post-combustion CO2 capture

from flue gases. However, they also have potential for removing sour gas components from

methane-rich gases such as biogas and high pressure natural gas. In comparison with

conventional amine solutions, the application of sorbents reduces equipment size due to

enhanced mass transfer and reduces energy required for switching between adsorption and

desorption. Depending on scale of operations, contactor concepts based on solids circulation

and fluidization may be favoured over a fixed bed contactor. Process studies for treatment of

biogas and high pressure natural gas will be discussed.

1430

Improved Econaminesm Treatment of Sour Gas: A “One Stop Shop”

For Sulphur Removal

David Schulte, Steven Van Wagensveld, Curt Graham, Bryant Lynch,

Rob Joyner & Nick Amott Fluor Corporation

This paper presents a case study of performance improvements in acid gas removal from

very sour well fluids, based on operating data from mega size Improved EconamineSM gas

treatment units in the Middle East.

The results demonstrate the robustness of Fluor’s DGA (Diglycolamine - DGA and

Diglycolamine are registered trademarks of Huntsman Corporation.) based technology in

acid gas and organic sulphur removal, especially for ultra-sour fields. These units treat a

feed gas with approximately 26 mol% H2S, 10 mol% CO2, COS, and mercaptans at roughly

65 barg. The treated gas is virtually free of H2S, CO2, and COS, and mercaptan levels are

consistently below 10 ppm(mol).

Ultra-sour gas treatment has unique design challenges, such as requiring side cooling to

minimize circulation through heat of absorption management. Detailed process modelling

has led to improvements in the design of DGA based ultra-sour gas treatment facilities.

This paper describes the limitations of conventional designs and presents an alternative

design with superior temperature control, which results in a significant improvement in both

absorber and overall Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU) performance.

Ultra-sour gases often must be treated at low pressures due to the major hazards

associated with H2S and/or inherently low feed fluid pressure. This paper also presents a

design innovation that can mitigate these HSE risks while still achieving 90%+ total

mercaptan removal efficiency along with practically complete removal of H2S, CO2, and

COS.

Fluor licenses the EconamineSM process to treat sour gas to a guaranteed total sulphur

specification. This technology offers advantages over hybrid solvents and two step

processes for mercaptan removal.

1500 Networking Coffee Break

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SAFETY ASPECTS

1530

Practical Experience of Alarm Management from Various Sectors, the

Lessons Learnt and the New Initiatives that Combine New Software

and the Use of Algorithms.

Aatif Hashmi, ABB Consulting

Alarm Management is imperative to assessing improving and optimising plant alarms

thereby increasing the effectiveness of plant operators by only notifying them of a need for

their intervention. Lack of alarm management not only increases inefficiencies within the

process but also increases the likelihood of an incident to occur.

The explosion at the Texaco refinery Milford Haven in July 1994 suffered 275 alarms in the

first 10 minutes of the incident and before the explosion resulting in damage more than £48

million. There are many sites today that operate at an unmanageable alarm rate making it

increasingly likely for an incident to occur.

This paper will provide practical experience on alarm management from Oil and Gas and

LNG on - and off shore projects in UK and internationally. It will include the lessons learnt

from the rationalisation of thousands of alarms.

The paper will describe the challenges faced during the alarm management lifecycle.

Topics covered will include; the alarm management Philosophy document benchmarking

and all associated work required for successful alarm rationalisation including the

challenges faced when implementing the proposed changes. The paper will define the

initiatives that combine new software and the use of algorithms to increase the efficiency

productivity and subsequent reduce the cost of a rationalisation review and to identify those

alarm that can be candidates for advanced alarm techniques for example suppression

during alarm floods such as start-up shutdowns or plant incidents.

1600

Experimental Tests and Qualification of a CFD Simulation Tool For

Cryogenic Release Modelling through the JIP “FLNG Cryogenic

Spillage Protection”

Mathieu Rivot & Bruno Lequime, TechnipFMC

The Floating LNG (FLNG) and modularized onshore LNG plants are a new kind of facilities

that involve new hazards. Technip has been a pioneer in the Engineering and Design of

those projects with Shell Prelude Petronas SATU FLNGs and Yamal LNG.

One of the novel safety challenges of such projects is the accurate assessment of the risks

from accidental releases of cryogenic fluid (i.e. steel brittle fracture and consecutive fire

and explosion escalations) to define the location extent and rating of Cryogenic Spill

Protection. From 2013 to 2015 TechnipFMC led the Joint Industry Project (JIP) FLNG

Cryogenic Spillage Protection. One objective was to setup a qualification program at the

best possible FLNG topsides scale to provide TechnipFMC and the Project sponsors

(among which BG Group EDF Lloyds Register and Statoil) with improved knowledge of

cryogenic releases and with an access to a software - EOLE- capable to better than ever

predict the behaviour and impact of all types of cryogenic spillages.

This paper will present the extensive test program completed by the JIP and the capability

of the EOLE Software

1630 End of Session

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14 September – Evening

Conference Networking Dinner

Dinner will be taken at Restaurant Gundel, which has hosted royalty of Europe to the present day. The building dates back over 150 years and the cuisine is famous in Budapest.

As has somehow become customary, number of surprises are promised, but don’t be surprised if you have a short walk to the transport, which will not be a coach!!

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15 September 2017

GAS CONDITIONING & NGL RECOVERY

0900

The Future of Learning

Malcolm Harrison, JM Campbell/Petroskills Limited

Sharing good technical stories and helping to develop the next generation of engineers and

technical specialists is at the very heart of the GPA. Our industry is at a tipping point; for

some a vanishing point. The coming years will see radical change. The companies that can

transform from lazy caterpillars to beautiful butterflies will survive and prosper. Those that

can’t will perish. Rarely has it been more important to train and develop our people for the

new world but the way in which we do so has to change. This is an imperative not an

option. The Future of Learning starts now. This is an existential issue. The demise or even

the death of OPEC; the increasing government and regulatory need to eliminate carbon

emissions and the revolutionary developments in technology are all conspiring to change

the learning landscape. This paper will give one view of the external forces imposed on all

of our organisations and both the threats that they represent and the new opportunities that

they present specifically in the areas of lifetime education and continuous learning.

0930

Propane Equivalent for Flexible Plant Design

Fiona George, WorleyParsons

The Question: How to design and operate a gas processing plant which will be flexible

enough to handle a wide range of feed gas compositions and rates. The Solution: Propane

Equivalent - A single equation to define feed gas composition. The feed to a gas

processing plant generally comprises of gas from several different fields. Over time the

composition and rates of these individual fields will vary. If there are several fields feeding

one plant then there are numerous possible permutations for the composition and rate of

the feed to the plant. The difference in feed compositions and how this impacts the

processing of the gas are not easy to evaluate. Small differences in feed composition can

have a significant impact on the ability of the gas plant to process the gas to meet the

required specifications. Hydrocarbon equivalence factors have proved to be successful in

assessing the sales gas interchangeability in the UK North Sea for many years. It was

therefore logical to assess if this method of calculating gas equivalence could be modified

and applied to feed compositions to gas processing plants. This paper discusses why the

Propane Equivalent equation was developed and how it can be applied to the design of a

new gas processing plant and for debottlenecking of existing plant. It enables an

assessment of how differences in feed compositions will impact the processing of the gas

and how these differences can be accommodated.

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1000

Gas Terminal Optimisation Meets Montreal Protocol Directives

Michael Spencer, Stuart Campbell & Terry Tomlinson, Costain

This paper outlines the approach used at the Perenco UK (PUK), Dimlington gas terminal

to efficiently and economically meet the Ozone Depleting Substances Directives - Montreal

Protocol. Installing new equipment on live operational gas plants normally leads to plant

shutdown and disruption to operations as well as incurring relatively high costs for

brownfield modifications in a restricted area. On this project PUK successfully avoided

installing new processing units. The Directives were met by assessing the performance of

existing dew-pointing facilities evaluation of proven process technologies and an optimal

combination of dew-pointing technologies to meet sales gas export specifications. The

ensuing plant upgrade was executed via phased improvements at a fraction of the cost and

schedule originally anticipated and with minimal disruption to ongoing terminal operations.

The success of this project was recognised by a major I.Chem.E award and the terminal is

now being further upgraded to increase the processing capacity for recently developed

North Sea fields.

1030 Networking Coffee Break

1100

Revamp of a Propane Recovery Plant To 90% Ethane Recovery from

Design to Start-up

John Mak, Brian Jung, & Curt Graham, Fluor

Fluor built a 600 MMscfd propane recovery cryogenic plant which has been operating for

over 18 years. The plant has been achieving 99% propane recovery in full ethane rejection

mode producing salable grade LPG. In recent years, the demand of ethane for

petrochemicals feedstock has increased which could only be met with an increase in

import. To reduce the amount of imported ethane client decided to convert the cryogenic

plant from propane recovery to operate in ethane recovery. The conversion must be

achieved with minimal capital investment and must consider the changes in gas

composition considering the variations in nitrogen content. The original propane recovery

plant was designed for very low nitrogen content which must be revamped to operate

between 5 mol% to 18 mol% nitrogen content. The recovery targets of the revamped

process were 90% ethane recovery and 98% propane recovery. The revamp scope

included the installation of a new cold box to handle the higher cooling duty and re-traying

column internals to handle the higher liquid loading. No changes were necessary for the

turbo-expander refrigeration system and residue gas compressor. The ethane recovery

plant was started up and met all performance targets in August 2016. This paper is to

discuss the original propane recovery design and discuss the details of the ethane

conversion process. Lessons learned from the design and startup process will also be

discussed.

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1130

Nitrogen Rejection Unit, The Right Selection

Nicolas Chantant, Paul Terrien & Sylvain Gerard, Air Liquide Global

E&C Solutions France

Nitrogen Rejection Unit (NRU) covers many applications and technologies. The only

common thing to all of those units is the fact that nitrogen is removed from the final

methane product to reach a certain purity or Higher Heating Value (HHV). Focusing on

Cryogenic Nitrogen Rejection Units which is the only option available in many cases the

main generic process categories will be presented as well as their potential variants. The

paper will then present some general trends outlining the objective criterias that will help

define the best solution. The paper will specifically point out the effect of some critical

factors such as:

• Feed conditions and nitrogen concentration

• Product methane and rejected nitrogen specifications

• Composition variation of the feed gas

In doing so some unexpected effects will be highlighted such as higher feed N2 content

impact on the total cost of ownership.

1200 Close of Conference

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Includes Welcome Reception, all conference meetings, Lunch Coffee breaks and Conference Dinner – Single Accommodation

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