Warren R. True
Chief Technology Editor-LNG/Gas Processing
HOUSTON, Feb. 19 -- ExxonMobil Corp. will employ nitrogen recovery and cryogenic gas processing equipment from Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., for work to extend the producing life of Hawkins field in northeast Texas.
Air Products will deliver the NRU plant equipment later this year.
ExxonMobil will operate the new NRU plant to process about 140 MMscfd of natural gas, said the company in an announcement last month (OGJ, Jan. 18, 2010, p. 10). Recovered nitrogen will be reinjected into the field for reservoir stimulation. The company expects to recover an additional 40 million boe at Hawkins field.
Construction was to begin this quarter with project start-up expected in late 2011, said an ExxonMobil statement in January. The project will extend by 25 years the life of the field, which was discovered in 1940.
Hawkins field lies in Wood County, Tex., about 100 miles east of Dallas. The company said that over 70 years it has produced more than 800 million bbl and is one of the largest ever discovered in the state.
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