Niobrara basin due gas processing plant

Sept. 20, 2017
Cureton Midstream LLC, Denver, has let a contract to a division of Honeywell UOP LLC to deliver a cryogenic natural gas processing plant and associated systems designed to extract 99% of ethane and 100% of propane from production in Weld County, Colo., in the Niobrara basin.

Cureton Midstream LLC, Denver, has let a contract to a division of Honeywell UOP LLC to deliver a cryogenic natural gas processing plant and associated systems designed to extract 99% of ethane and 100% of propane from production in Weld County, Colo., in the Niobrara basin.

As part of the contract, UOP will provide its proprietary UOP Russell turnkey solution, which alongside supply and installation of a modular cryogenic, dehydration, acid-gas removal, and residue compression unit, includes delivery of control and flare systems as well as site electrical equipment, the service provider said.

The order also includes delivery of site utility systems and buildings for office, control room, motor-control center, and compressor requirements.

Though pre-engineered, the processing plant will be customized to accommodate the unique, NGL-rich feed gas in Weld County, allowing Cureton to offer regional gas producers more favorable processing terms while positioning itself to recover very high levels of ethane and propane as prices for those NGLs continue to rise.

The modular plant, which will use an advanced-cycle recycle split vapor (RSV) process to recover NGLs from residue gas for use as petrochemical feedstocks, is scheduled for startup in about 12 months, UOP said.

The service provider revealed neither a value of the contract nor a capacity of the new plant.

Contact Robert Brelsford at [email protected].