Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization
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Ridha, Taufik
Li, Yiru
Siirola, Jeffrey J.
Miller, Jeffrey T.
Ribeiro, Fabio H.
Gencer, Emre
Date Issued
August 2018
Journal
Processes
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Citation
Ridha, Taufik et al. "Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization." Processes 6, 9 (August 2018): 139 © 2018 The Authors
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Abstract
The recent shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape of the United States. Compared to natural gas, shale resources contain a substantial amount of condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Many shale basin regions located in remote areas are lacking the infrastructure to distribute the extracted NGLs to other regions—particularly the Gulf Coast, a major gas processing region. Here we present a shale gas transformation process that converts NGLs in shale resources into liquid hydrocarbons, which are easier to transport from these remote basins than NGL or its constituents. This process involves catalytic dehydrogenation followed by catalytic oligomerization. Thermodynamic process analysis shows that this process has the potential to be more energy efficient than existing NGL-to-liquid fuel (NTL) technologies. In addition, our estimated payback period for this process is within the average lifetime of shale gas wells. The proposed process holds the promise to be an energy efficient and economically attractive step to valorize condensate in remote shale basins. Keywords: shale gas condensate; process synthesis and design; shale gas condensate-to-heavier liquids; technoeconomic analysis
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MIT Energy Initiative
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr6090139
