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Title: Conditioning Natural Gas For Measurement And Transportation
Author: Alvin D. La Grenade
Source: 1986 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1986
Abstract: In the early lB20s, when natural gas was first discovered in this country, it was considered as an unwelcome by-product with which we had to live, so we could produce crude oil. The gas was sometimes used as fuel for equipment in the immediate surroundings of the field(s). It was not until after WWI that natural gas was valued for what it is. This realization triggered the evolution of the gas industry that we know today. However, when one mentions the term Natural Gas, most people think of a clean burning and efficient fueL Those who are more familiar with it may think of a sweet combustible with an average gross heating value of 1000 BTU per standard cubic feet. The fact is, very seldom natural gas occurs in this manner. To be more realistic, when produced, gas is usually accompanied by one or more of the following: crude oil, condensate, sand, water, inhibitors, brines, dirt from pipelines, salt crystals, dispersed corrosion particles and many more. To complicate matters, the gas may be mixed with one or more lethal contaminants such as i hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, mercaptans, etc. This is not all it may also contain nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, helium, water vapors, and other gases, which because they do not burn, contribute to drastically i-educe the gross heating value of the hydrocarbon gas, better known as natural gas.

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