GE’s BCL300, 350 and 400 Series centrifugal compressors compress sour gas (containing 5% to 20% H2S) and other associated gases typically extracted from an oil reservoir and re-inject them back into the same reservoir at high discharge pressures (e.g. from 300 to 820 bars) without having to sweeten the gas (i.e. remove the sulfur). For oil production facilities, this would allow an operator to avoid flaring gas while increasing yield and reducing CO2 and SO2 emissions.
Environmental Benefits
GE's BCL300, 350, and 400 Series centrifugal compressors compress sour gas and other associated gases typically extracted from an oil reservoir and re-inject them back into the same reservoir at high discharge pressures without having to sweeten the gas. For oil production facilities, the average compression train in GE's BCL300, 350 and 400 Series allows operators to avoid flaring gas and has the capacity to reduce CO2 emissions by 2.3 million metric tons per year and SO2 emissions by 35,000 metric tons per year. This is equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of 1.2 million cars on European roads and 12% of total SO2 emissions in Italy in 2008.
Operating Benefits
GE's BCL300, 350, and 400 Series centrifugal compressors compress sour gas and other associated gases typically extracted from an oil reservoir and re-inject them back into the same reservoir at high discharge pressures without having to sweeten the gas. In one oil production facility an installation of GE's compressors allowed an operator to avoid flaring the gas, helping increase oil field production capacity between 50% and 70% and generate approximately $18 million in additional revenue per day at a price of $75 per barrel of oil.
