Part III: Flare Reduction Project Family - IPIECA

Section 7. Flare Reduction Project Family
Before the project:
The oil and associated gas are produced at wells in the oil field, and transported by gathering
pipelines to an existing oil flow station. At the flow station, the associated gas is separated from
the oil and most of the gas is flared. A fraction of the produced gas, amounting to 20 million
standard cubic feet per day (20×10 6 scfd; 5.67×10 5 scm/day), is used to meet the on-site fuel
requirements of the oil production facilities. The oil is shipped by pipeline to market. A total of
130×10 6 scfd (3.68×10 6 scm/day) of gas is flared at the oil flow station. The flared gas is
untreated (wet) and contains NGLs and condensates, as well as CH 4 .
What the project will change:
The project activity encompasses the recovery of the associated gas consisting of the connection
of the gas from the oil flow station; the construction of a gas processing plant for the production
of dry gas, LPG and condensates; and the construction of a pipeline to deliver natural gas to a
gas distribution system. Processing of the gas will consist of gas conditioning, compression,
liquid extraction, fractionation, storage, and distribution to sales points. On-site usage of
associated gas at the oil production facilities is unchanged from the 20×10 6 scfd (5.67×10 5
scm/day) used before the project.
Recovered LPG and condensates from the gas stream will be sold. A third party will construct
transport, storage, and loading facilities to move these liquids from the gas processing plant to
the market.
Energy required for processing and transport of the recovered associated gas will be generated by
using 10% (13×10 6 scfd or 3.68×10 5 scm/day) of the treated recovered gas.
Newly constructed pipelines with lengths of 1 km (0.62 miles) and 2.5 km (1.55 miles),
respectively, will transport the untreated gas from the oil flow station to the gas processing
facility, and the condensates extracted from the gas stream to an oil storage area. A third new
pipeline (2 km or 1.24 miles in length) will be constructed to transport the processed natural gas
to the natural gas distribution system. The project proponent will operate these pipelines.
The carbon content of the flared (wet) gas is 0.63 kg carbon/m 3 (0.0393 lb C/scf, 2.31 kg
CO 2 e/cubic meter, or 0.144 lb CO 2 e /scf). The carbon content of the treated (dry) gas is 0.61 kg
carbon/m 3 (0.00381 lb C/scf, 2.22 kg CO 2 e /cubic meter, or 0.139 lb CO 2 e /scf of dry gas).
Other project information:
The products (dry gas, LPG, and condensate) are likely to substitute in the market for the same
type of fuels or fuels with higher carbon content per unit of energy. The substitution of fuels due
to the project activity is unlikely to lead to an increase in fuel consumption in the respective
market.
Common industry practice in the project area is to flare associated gas not used on-site.
The project will reduce flaring by more than 98%, with a small amount of continued flaring to
provide relief during process upsets.
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