W O R T H I N G T O N I N D U S T R I E S H E L P E D A N O P E R AT O R
I N T H E A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N B E T T E R D E A L W I T H
R V P I S S U E S — M A I N TA I N I N G A S A F E C O N D I T I O N F O R
H Y D R O C A R B O N S AT A L L T I M E S .
These days, safety culture is so engrained into everyday operations
that it’s easy to get complacent. But this Worthington Industries
customer leaves nothing to chance. That’s why they approached our
team regarding a wellsite in the Appalachian Basin. They wanted
good-to-great transformation of the site’s RVP performance from a
name they could trust.
Taming RVP and Improving
Purity in the Appalachian Basin
C A S E S T U D Y : A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N
W O R T H I N G T O N ’ S S E P A R AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y :
MAINTAINED throughput levels
DELIVERED a target RVP of 9psi
REDUCED equipment footprint
C A S E S T U D Y : A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N
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After careful review of the system’s inlet specifications and
performance requirements, and keeping in mind the operator’s
RVP objective, our team proposed a Worthington Industries
4x16 heater treater. This solution replaced a direct fired heater
treater and eliminated a VRT—and was able to deliver upon the
desired RVP target value.
Our heater treaters feature advanced internals that make better
use of the unit’s cross-sectional space. Because of this high-
performance design, this system delivered the higher target
throughput desired by the customer while hitting that RVP mark
of 9psi, all with a smaller footprint. And, as an added bonus of
this unit’s performance, the system improved the site’s overall
NGL recovery.
S O LU T I O N
Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) is a measure of liquid hydrocarbon
volatility. Specifically, ASTM D323 – 15a standards state that it’s the
vapor pressure at 100°F of petroleum products and crude oils with
an initial boiling point above 32°F. In this case, the operator wanted
to improve the way they managed RVP with the goal of achieving
a total value of 9psi at higher liquid rates than they had previously
been producing.
Prior to engagement with Worthington Industries, the customer
had deployed a VRT and line heater setup to manage RVP. But
the configuration was not delivering the consistent results the
customer wanted. So they approached us to develop a solution to
better approach the issue.
C H A L L E N G E
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