TITLE: Conversion of associated natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons.

AUTHOR: A. H. Singleton.

INST.  AUTHOR: Energy International, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1979,  23p.

NTIS ORDER NO.: DE97054230INW

NOTES: Natural gas conference, Houston, TX (United States), 24-27 Mar 1997.  Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

ABSTRACT:

Energy International is a leader in catalyst and process development as it relates to Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) technology. Through this activity, a concept evolved for a new technique for capturing the fuel value in the associated natural gas contained in crude oil. In the new concept, the dissolved natural gas would be processed via F-T technology to produce light hydrocarbons that would then, in one manifestation of this concept, be redissolved in the crude oil to produce a lighter crude than the original, containing all of the natural gas, but with the vapor pressure of the crude lowered to an acceptable level via the conversion process.  This technique would be of particular interest in those instances where the alternative methods of collections and utilizing the associated natural gas were expensive. A study of the application of this technology was undertaken by EI with support from the DOE.

REPORT  NUMBER: DOE/MC/32079-97/C0879;   CONF-970367

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC21-95MC32079