Guidelines for Conceptual Design Of Gas Treating Plants

This article covers the strategy for configuring gas plants process structure and defining the process units for choosing the best configuration for gas treating refineries. 2 . OVERVIEWChoosing the correct strategy for defining the concepts for design of a gas treating plant can have and will have major effects on cost, project duration and HSE concepts that are vital for materialization of a project and reaching the goal of building a safe and lasting plant with proper quality of products.The key to defining the correct strategy is:• To have a proper analysis and proper assessment of the quality and quality of the feed;• Proper and exact specifications for the products, based on the potential domestic and international customers;• Forecast for the change of feed quality• Environmental aspects of the project, and specially the population density in the vicinity