Project Description

NGL 3200 – West Karoun Area, Gas Sweetening and Sulphur Recovery Units

Client

SADAF Company

Owner

Petroleum Engineering & Development Company (PEDEC)

Location

Khuzestan, Iran

The Petroleum Engineering Development Company, a subsidiary of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, has awarded the West Karoun Area NGL 3200 project to the SADAF company under an EPCF (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Financing) contract.

Purpose:

  • The plant will receive 500 MMSCFD of sour gas from the West Karoun oil field, which includes Darquain, Yadavaran, Jofeir, Bande Karkhe, South Azadegan, and North Azadegan.
  • The project will process and produce:
    • C2+ NGL cuts
    • Lean Gas
    • Sulfur

Engineering and Procurement Contracts

Gas Sweetening Unit (Unit 200):

  • Awarded to Tehran Raymand Consulting Engineers.
  • Designed to reduce hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide content in the inlet sour feed gas to the NGL recovery unit.
  • Consists of two identical Gas Sweetening Units in two separate gas flow sections.

Sulfur Recovery Unit (Unit 600):

  • Awarded to Tehran Raymand Consulting Engineers.
  • Designed to produce liquid sulfur from the acid gas generated in the Gas Sweetening Unit.
  • Includes a sulfur solidification package to solidify the liquid sulfur.
  • Off-gas is burned in an incinerator package, considering environmental limitations.