Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization
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 e...
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| author | Ridha, Taufik Li, Yiru Siirola, Jeffrey J. Miller, Jeffrey T. Ribeiro, Fabio H. Gencer, Emre |
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| description | 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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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1183042022-09-30T18:56:22Z Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization Ridha, Taufik Li, Yiru Siirola, Jeffrey J. Miller, Jeffrey T. Ribeiro, Fabio H. Gencer, Emre MIT Energy Initiative Gencer, Emre 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 2018-10-01T15:19:35Z 2018-10-01T15:19:35Z 2018-08 2018-07 2018-09-21T07:11:52Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2227-9717 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118304 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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-2371 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr6090139 Processes Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| spellingShingle | Ridha, Taufik Li, Yiru Siirola, Jeffrey J. Miller, Jeffrey T. Ribeiro, Fabio H. Gencer, Emre Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title | Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title_full | Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title_fullStr | Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title_short | Valorization of Shale Gas Condensate to Liquid Hydrocarbons through Catalytic Dehydrogenation and Oligomerization |
| title_sort | valorization of shale gas condensate to liquid hydrocarbons through catalytic dehydrogenation and oligomerization |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118304 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-2371 |
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