Condensate Splitters

Related Pages

---

• Introduction to Refining
• A Glossary of Petroleum Refining Terms

---

Refinery News

• For More Refinery News

---

• Want a weekly review of refining news?

• This Week in Refining
• RSS Feed

---

Refining Blog Entries

• Margins are Sky High, but Restructuring Carries On
• Low Oil Prices are a Boon for European Refiners

---

Introduction

• A condensate splitter is a refinery that processes only Natural Gas Condensates. It only consists of distillation and specification improvement units, as condensate has no heavy residual products that need cracking.
• The condensate is usually removed from the natural gas at a processing plant close to the production site, which also removes impurities such as water and sulphur and produces pipeline quality natural gas.
• See also Oil And Gas Processing Plants

Condensate Splitters in Operation

• Dhodak Refinery, Pakistan, 2,500 bpd
• Ras Laffan Refinery, Qatar, 146,000 bpd
• Rayong Refinery, Thailand
• Skikda Condensate Splitter, Algeria, 100,000 bpd

Condensate Splitter Projects

• Persian Gulf Star Bandar Abbas Refinery Project, Iran, 360,000

---