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Project Name: Crude gas booster compressor station aimed to increase pressure at the inlet of the gas treatment unit (flare system)

Company Name: OilGasProject

Project Description

Region Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Tyumen Region, Russian Federation
Dates 2018-2019
Scope Project scope included FEED and detail design stages for the flare system, taking into account allowable pressure losses and emergency discharge modes.
Project Specific

Company had to evaluate the possibility of the designed booster compressor station connection to the existing flare system of gas treatment plant.

Another project task was to define connection points to the existing flare system taking into account allowable pressure losses and emergency discharge modes.

Company had to meet the following project requirements:

  • Provide optimized solution in terms of the length and diameter of the designed flare header and meet requirements
  • Ensure for pressure losses on the existing flare.
PASS software used PASS/HYDROSYSTEM
How PASS software helped in the project execution

Using PASS/HYDROSYSTEM, the existing gas pumping unit was simulated, and hydraulic calculations of the integrated piping system as well as options for connecting the designed flare system to the existing system were performed.

The calculation allowed to exclude an additional flare from the design scheme and confirm the possibility of discharge to the existing flare; to optimize the length and pipelines diameter of the designed flare system.

Usage of PASS/HYDROSYSTEM helped to confirm the design decisions quickly (within three working days) and optimize the total metal capacity of the designed flare header by reducing its length.
Results The results of the hydraulic calculations within the project documentation were approved by experts. A positive review of the Authorizing Body (Glavgosexpertiza of Russia - GGE) has been obtained; the facility is under construction currently and will start operation in 2020.
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Company Profile
  • Company name
    OilGasProject
  • Website
  • Field of activities
    Oil & Gas Field Facilities; Transportation and Storage of Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals; Oil & Gas Refining and Petrochemi
  • Headcount
    > 100

OilGasProject is a dynamic and fast growing company performing design and survey work for Oil & Gas and Power Industry. The company designs the following types of facilities: development of oil and gas fields, transportation and storage of petroleum products, oil and gas refining and petrochemicals, as well as energy and communication facilities and general infrastructure. The company was founded in Ufa in 2010 and managed to establish itself as a hopeful partner. OilGasProject works with the largest Russian companies such as Rosneft, Lukoil, Gazprom, Gazpromneft, Novatek and others.