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Title: Btu Reduction In Gas Plants
Author: m. Dale Dowden
Source: 1988 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1988
Abstract: BTU reduction in a gas plant occurs when the liquefiable hydrocarbon constituents are extracted or otherwise removed from a gas stream. BTU reduction in gas plants is simply the difference, in BTUs, in thermal content between the inlet gas stream and the outlet, or residue, gas stream as determined by measurement or calculation. BTU based allocation of gas plant production is relatively new to gas processing contracts and is particularly important today in that virtually all gas purchase contracts are based on dekatherms (MM BTUs) instead of volumetric (MCF) contracts that were common in the. past. In plant Btu reduction determination and allocation, the transporting pipeline sees no difference in physical residue gas quality, although the disbursement of gas purchase payments or transportation charges are altered to reflect differences in each processors residue dekatherms. Natural gas produced from various onshore and offshore wells is routinely transported via intrastate and/or interstate pipelines to its ultimate destination or market. Natural gas that is transported within these pipelines is typically a mixture of inerts (nitrogen and carbon dioxide), methane (the main component of natural gas), and C2 to Cg parrafin hydrocarbons (NGLs).

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