Summary and Final Tasks

Summary

Natural gas has gained prominence in the energy scene as a rising fossil fuel following the development of new drilling technology that set up a boom in shale gas production. As crude oil, natural gas contains wide-ranging impurities in addition to the main component, methane. Natural Gas Processing removes the contaminants in the raw gas and recovers some valuable byproducts, such as natural gas liquids. A number of separation and recovery processes used in a petroleum refinery can also be used for natural gas processing.   

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• appraise different natural gas reserves (conventional, tight, and shale) and assess the contribution of natural gas to energy supply;
• illustrate and evaluate the different stages of natural gas processing, including condensate removal, acid gas removal, water removal, fractionation of natural gas liquids.

Reminder - Complete all Lesson 12 tasks!