Energy efficiency to increase production and quality of products in industrial processes: case study oil and gas processing center
Title
Energy efficiency to increase production and quality of products in industrial processes: case study oil and gas processing center
Subject
Economics
Petroleum industry
Energy efficiency
Crude oil price
Oil fields
Energy utilization
Natural gasoline plants
Quality control
Investments
Gases
Waste heat
Waste heat utilization
Gas producers
Description
The emphasis of this paper is to show the existence of some non-energy benefits that can be taken into account in an energy efficiency investment aimed to reduce energy consumption and increase production and product quality in an oil and gas processing center (OGPC) in Mexico. The function of OGPC is to separate crude oil, gas, and saltwater coming from marine and terrestrial oil fields. Traditionally, application of process energy integration techniques has been aimed to reduce energy consumption associated with heating and cooling services. In this paper, the process energy integration (standard pinch analysis) of an OGPC shows the possibility of reducing natural gas and electricity consumption by 75 % and 98 %, respectively. However, the novel aspect of this work is the identifications and use of some waste heat streams available in processes to reduce energy consumption, and more importantly couple them with some non-energy-related benefits to produce massive economical savings. For example, by allowing an improvement in the quality of heavy crude oil for exportation (reduction in salt content), an increased sale price of 0.6 USD/barrel is achieved, rising profit to 156.88 MMUSD/year. Additional economic benefits came from the restauration of the production of 3,711 barrel of naphtha per day (33.86 MMUSD/year), by solving security issues related to the use of direct-fire heaters in the condensate stabilization plant. 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
1619-1634
12
Publisher
Energy Efficiency
Date
2019
Contributor
Arriola-Medellin, Alejandro M.
Lopez-Cisneros, Luis F.
Aragon-Aguilar, Alfonso
Romo-Millares, Cesar A.
Fernandez-Montiel, Manuel F.
Type
journalArticle
Identifier
1570646X
10.1007/s12053-019-09803-0
Collection
Citation
“Energy efficiency to increase production and quality of products in industrial processes: case study oil and gas processing center,” Lamar University Midstream Center Research, accessed May 13, 2024, https://lumc.omeka.net/items/show/24858.