Natural Gas Dehydration Process Simulation and Optimisation -

A Case Study of Jubilee Field

1
S. A. Marfo, 2P. Opoku Appau, 1C. Morkli and 1S. Issah
1
Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana
2
Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China

Marfo, S.A., Opoku Appau, P., Morkli, C. and Issah, S. (2020), “Natural Gas Dehydration Process Simulation
and Optimisation - A Case Study of Jubilee Field”, Proceedings of 6th UMaT Biennial International Mining and
Mineral Conference, Tarkwa, Ghana, pp. 127-136.

Abstract
Natural gas, a naturally occurring fossil fuel has become a popular energy source in recent years due to its environmental
merit over alternate fossil energy sources. However, a challenge associated with produced natural gas is saturated water
vapour among other impurities. These must be removed by gas treatment processes to prevent problems such as hydrate
formation, corrosion and other threats to process facilities. Employing Triethylene glycol (TEG) as a liquid desiccant, a
dehydrating plant for natural gas obtained from Jubilee Field was designed and simulated using Aspen HYSYS software.
The model of the plant was used to investigate the effect of varying TEG flow rate, reboiler temperature and number of
stages of the packing column in the contactor on dry gas water content. The study revealed that a TEG flow rate of 0.5 m³/hr
was sufficient to dehydrate a 240 MMSCFD from 37.98 lb/MMSCFD water content to 4.84 lb/MMSCF of water in the dry
gas stream with 8 contacting stages at reboiler temperature of 204.4 °C.

Keywords: Natural Gas, Jubilee Field, Simulation, Aspen HYSYS, Triethylene glycol (TEG)

1 Introduction market, the demand for natural gas has created the
need for more facilities for the production,
Natural gas is a naturally occurring fossil fuel used
processing and transportation of natural gas.
as a source of energy for electricity generation,
heating and domestic purposes. It has application in Ghana discovered oil in the Jubilee Field offshore
the petrochemical, fertilizer and plastic industry as Cape Three Points in the Western Region in 2007.
a feedstock, and as a precursor for production of Over the years, oil and gas exploration have
materials such as nylon. Natural gas is touted as the continued with more discoveries of crude oil and
cleanest, safest and most useful fossil fuel (Arubi natural gas. By the end of 2016, Ghana had begun
and Duru, 2008). When natural gas is combusted, work on the Sankofa Gas Project which
its emissions of sulphur dioxide are negligible and encompasses the development of the Sankofa and
the levels of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide are Gye Nyame gas fields located 60 km offshore of
about 50% less compared to other fossil fuels Western Ghana in water depths ranging from 520
(Marques et al., 2014). These facts and an m to 1,014 m in the Tano Basin. These fields are
increasing interest in environmental advocacy have estimated to hold 1.45 Tcf of non-associated gas. It
led to an increase in the demand for natural gas is expected that gas obtained from this project will
worldwide in recent years. account for 40% of the nation’s domestic power
generation (Kuukyee, 2015). A pipeline network
Until the 21st century, a great quantity of natural
construction is underway to link the offshore fields
gas produced at oil and gas fields were flared,
to the onshore receiving facilities.
especially in areas lacking pipelines and other gas
transportation infrastructure (Elvidge et al., 2009). In view of these, it is imperative to note that, the
Although natural gas is still being flared worldwide produced natural gas has to meet certain quality
due to problems of storage and lack of a ready specifications before being fed into any pipeline

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transportation system in order for the pipeline grid 600 MMbbl with upside. The production from the
to operate efficiently (Roy and Amin, 2011). This field averaged approximately 102 000 bopd. The
is because natural gas produced at the well head, as field underlies portions of the West Cape Three
pointed out by Bhran et al. (2011), is a mixture of Point and Deep-water Tano License Blocks. The
many hydrocarbon gases and some non- field start-up occurred on November 28, 2010 and
hydrocarbon gases, mainly hydrogen sulphide, production has continued to ramp up as additional
carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapour. These phase one wells has been brought online. The phase
impurities if not processed can cause corrosion, 1 development program consists of 17 wells, 9
reduction in heating value of the gas, producers, 6 water injectors, and 2 gas injectors
environmental pollution and several problems to which target the lower and upper Mahogany
the pipeline during transportation. Water vapour in reservoirs (McLaughlin, 2012). Figure 1 shows the
particular increases natural gas corrosivity location of the Jubilee Field.
especially when acid gases are present (Mawgoud
and Khalil, 2014). It also causes hydrate formation
at low temperature conditions which may plug the
system. Dehydration is therefore vital in gas
processing prior to transportation through
pipelines. The industrial pipeline specification of
water content in a processed natural gas stream is
between the range of 4 to 7 lb/MMSCFD (Arubi
and Duru, 2008) and therefore natural gas must be
dehydrated to meet these specifications.

There are several technologies currently available

for gas dehydration. In most cases, natural gas is
treated with glycols, which absorbs water
efficiently. Triethylene glycol (TEG) is typically
used because of its low vapour pressure which
results in less glycol loss (Mondal et al., 2013). Figure 1 Location of the Jubilee Fields
The gas dehydration process, like other engineering (Source: Anon, 2019)
processes can be simulated using commercially
available process simulators, such as Aspen 1.2 TEG Dehydration Process
HYSYS before any equipment is designed. The
essence of process simulation in modern times According to Abdulrahman and Sebastine (2013),
cannot be over emphasised. This is because process the Triethylene Glycol (TEG) dehydration process
simulation enables engineers to develop optimal consists of several operation units such as the
plant designs and analyse the operations of plants glycol contactor tower or absorption column,
even before they are constructed. Process glycol regenerator and heat exchanger. The glycol
simulation reduces the operating cost of a plant in absorbers in the contactor tower can either be tray
the long run especially when much effort is put in columns or packed columns.
the search of the optimal design condition of the
process through optimisation studies (Roy and Prior to entering the absorption column, the gas to
Amin, 2011). This paper presents the simulation of be dehydrated is passed through an inlet scrubber.
a gas dehydration process offshore using Ghana’s The function of the scrubber is to remove any free
Jubilee Field as a case study. or condensed liquid droplets from the gas before
the gas enters the contactor. The wet gas is then fed
1.1 Background of the Study Area through the bottom of the absorption column.
While, a water free TEG also known as lean glycol,
Jubilee oil Field is located in deep-water of about with a purity of 99% is fed to the topside of the
1100 - 1700 m depth and an approximate distance absorption column. As the glycol progresses
of 60 km from the nearest coast in the Western towards the bottom of the contactor, it comes into
Region of Ghana. The field covers an area of 109 contact with and absorbs the water in the wet gas
265 220 gross sq. m and a total gross resource of stream. The TEG absorbs water from the gas by

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physical absorption and exits at the bottom of the  Required purity and operating conditions of
contactor when it becomes saturated with water. lean TEG; and
This saturated glycol stream is known as rich  Design and operating conditions of the plant.
glycol. The dry gas stream exits the top of the
Secondary data on these parameters were obtained
contactor tower at the required water dew point and
from different sources for the purposes of this
is fed to a pipeline system. The wet, rich glycol
study. Data on gas composition and feed stream
then flows from the absorption column to a flash
composition from the Jubilee Field were obtained
vessel where any entrained hydrocarbons are
from the Tullow Ghana Limited website. Data on
removed. The rich glycol then enters a cross
glycol purity is a general standard which must be
exchanger where it is pre-heated before it is fed to
equal to or higher than 99.5 wt%, and was obtained
the glycol regenerator. The glycol regenerator
from literature. Tables 1 and 2 show data on gas
consists of a column, an overhead condenser, and a
composition and operating conditions from the
reboiler whose function is to regenerate the glycol
Jubilee Field.
to a high purity so that it can be recirculated to the
absorber to continue its dehydration function. In Table 1 Jubilee Field Gas Composition
the reboiler, glycol is heated to near its boiling COMPONENT MOLE %
point enabling it to release virtually all of the Methane 73.565
absorbed water and any other compounds. Finally, Ethane 9.325
the dry lean glycol is cooled via heat exchange and Propane 9.270
pumped back to the top of the absorption column Isobutane 1.463
for the entire process to be repeated (Anyadiegwu
n-Butane 2.941
et al., 2014; Mondal et al., 2013). A typical glycol
Isopentane 0.645
dehydration process is shown in Figure 2.
n-Pentane 0.589
Hexane 0.087
Nitrogen 0.770
Carbon Dioxide 1.151
Benzene 0.019
Water 0.080
Toluene 0.006
Ethylbenzene 0.0001
P-Xylene 0.0005
O-Xylene 0.0002
Methylcyclopentane 0.059
Methylcyclohexane 0.019
3-methylhexane 0.007
Total 100.00
(Source: Acquah, 2017)

Table 2 Jubilee Field Gas Operating Conditions

OPERATING CONDITIONS
Pressure 3000 kPa
Figure 2 Typical Glycol Dehydration Process Temperature 30 oC
(Source: Christensen, 2009) Flow Rate 240 MMSCFD
(Source: Acquah, 2017)
2 Resources and Methods Used
2.1 Data Acquisition 2.2 Resources Used

The basic parameters required for simulation of The Aspen HYSYS software was utilised in the
TEG dehydration of natural gas in Aspen HYSYS simulation of the TEG dehydration process. Aspen
are: HYSYS is a user friendly, industry-standard
simulation program used by researchers, process
 Composition and feed stream conditions of
raw natural gas coming from the well;

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engineers and engineering companies. Version 8.8 2.3.4 Design of Process Flow Diagram
of the software was used for the simulation.
After the fluid package selection was successfully
2.3 Methods Used done, the simulation environment was entered. The
simulation environment consists of a plain
2.3.1 Process Simulation of the Gas flowsheet where the flow diagram can be designed.
Dehydration Plant The design of the dehydration plant flow diagram
was completed sequentially using an available
Process simulation is a model-based representation
model palette on the flowsheet tab. The built-in
of technical processes and unit operations in
model palette is used to select blocks of equipment
software and it can be used for the design,
and stream types to add to the flowsheet. There are
development, analysis and optimisation of
two stream types available in Aspen HYSYS, the
processes such as the TEG dehydration plant.
material stream and the energy stream. Material
Process simulation software describes processes in
streams are used to show the travelling of material
flow diagrams and solves mass and energy balance
or fluids between different units of operations and
equations to find optimal conditions for processes.
the energy streams are used to show the energy
travelling between different units of operations.
2.3.2 Gas Compositional Model

For the purposes of this study, a steady state The design of the process flow diagram was based
simulation of the dehydration plant was carried out. on the typical TEG dehydration plant described in
The software requires the input of the pure gas Figure 2. The various equipment needed for the
components. Therefore, in the first step of the dehydration process, including the scrubber,
simulation process, the main components of the gas absorber, flash separator, heat exchanger, reboiler,
were defined by adding the data on gas stream regenerator and pump were selected from the
compositions of this case study. palette and connected by their respective material
streams. It is important to define the composition
2.3.3 Selection of fluid package and conditions of the feed stream. In this paper, the
feed stream is named inlet gas and its molar
Following the selection of gas components, a fluid composition and conditions are based on the data
package was selected. The fluid package is the obtained. The input conditions required are the
equation of state used by the software to calculate flow rate, temperature and pressure. HYSYS
gas stream properties and it is carefully selected calculates all other conditions using the selected
depending on the process type and its pressure and property package.
temperature range. The fluid package selected in
this case is the Glycol Package because it is It is also necessary to specify certain operating
applicable over the range of temperatures, conditions of the various equipment. With this
pressures and component concentrations information, HYSYS solves all the mass and
encountered in a typical TEG dehydration system. energy equilibrium equations taking into
The Glycol Package is based on the Twu-Sim- consideration the specified design parameters for
Tasson (TST) equation of state and according to the unit to produce a product stream. The
Aspen Technologies, the TST equation of state is converged sign indicates that the absorber has been
suitable for TEG dehydration systems and can simulated successfully. Figure 3 shows the menu
accurately predict; for the absorber unit specified with eight contacting
stages. The converged sign indicates that the
 Activity coefficients of the TEG-water absorber has been simulated successfully. Figure 4
solutions within the absolute deviation of shows the complete process flow diagram.
2%.
 Dew point temperatures within an average
error of positive or negative 1 °C.
 Water content of gas within the average
absolute deviation of 1%.

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 Figure 3 Glycol Contactor Menu

Figure 4 Complete Process Flow Diagram

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2.3.5 Simulation Procedure TEG was flowed at different rates to determine the
effect of different flow rates on water content in the
After the design of the process flow diagram, a processed natural gas stream as shown in Table 3.
simulation process was carried out in which the
inlet gas was first passed through a separator to With the reboiler temperature fixed at 204 °C, gas
remove any liquid water from the gas stream. The pressure at 3000 kPa and TEG temperature of 30
gas was then routed into an absorption column with °C, the number of equilibrium stages in the
eight theoretical equilibrium stages. Lean TEG was absorption column were varied along with TEG
injected into the contactor at 0.5 m³/hr and 30 °C to flow rates to observe their effects on outlet gas
flow counter current to the inlet gas and absorb water content. Table 4 indicates the resulting
water from the gas. After the dehydration of the gas values for water content with varying number of
and further removal of any entrained TEG in a contractor stages and varying TEG circulation
splitter column, the dry gas stream was found to be rates.
composed of 4.840 lb/MMSCFD of water at a gas
flow rate of 236 MMSCFD. Although this value is Based on the research conducted by Arubi and
within the range of specifications for pipeline Duru (2008), it has been established that increasing
quality natural gas and indicates that the processed reboiler temperature above 204 °C would result in
gas can be transported through pipeline without the thermal decomposition of TEG. Reboiler
hydrate forming in the line, it is necessary to temperature was therefore simulated between 180
investigate the most effective and economical to 204 °C as shown in Figure 5 and 6. Keeping all
parameters on gas dehydration. Consequently, other operating parameters constant, a simulation
design and operational variables that affect the gas was carried out to determine the effect of stripping
dehydration process are of utmost importance. gas rate on lean TEG purity. Figure 7 shows the
relationship between stripping gas flow rate and
The following parameters were therefore varied to glycol purity. A stream analysis was therefore
observe their effect on outlet gas water content: conducted to ascertain the possibility of hydrate
formation in the stream. Figure 8 indicates the
 TEG flow rate; results obtained.
 Number of equilibrium stages of
contactor; and Table 3 Obtained Values for Water Content
 Reboiler temperature. Using 8 Contactor Stages and Varying TEG
Circulation Rates
TEG Flow Rate Outlet Gas Water
3 Results and Discussion (m³/hr) Content (lb/MMSCFD)
Pipeline specifications indicate that water content 0.2 10.156
in a processed natural gas stream should be below 7 0.5 4.849
lb/MMSCFD. The raw unprocessed natural gas 1.0 3.644
stream obtained from the Jubilee Fields contained 3.0 3.618
0.08 mole percentage of water and at a gas flow 5.0 3.659
rate of 240 MMSCFD and pressure of 3000 kPa, 10.0 3.764
water content translates to 37.988 lb/MMSCF. This 15.0 3.871
is far above the pipeline specification of water in
natural gas and therefore necessitated dehydration
of the gas stream. Thus, a simulation process was
carried out in Aspen HYSYS to dehydrate the
natural gas stream. The resulting outlet dry gas
stream composed of 4.840 lb/MMSCFD of water at
a gas flow rate of 236 MMSCFD. However, TEG
flow rate, number of equilibrium stages of
contactor and reboiler temperature were varied to
investigate their effect on the water content of the
outlet dry gas stream.

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 Table 4 Resulting Values for Water Content 6.5

Water Content in Gas Out (lb/MMSCFD)

with Varying Number of Contactor Stages and
Varying TEG Circulation Rates 6.0

Number of Outlet Gas 5.5

TEG Flow Rate
Contacting Water Content
(m³/hr)
Stages (lb/MMSCFD) 5.0

0.2 12.168 4.5

0.5 6.655
4 1.0 4.351 4.0
3.0 3.645
5.0 3.664 3.5

0.2 9.778
3.0
0.5 4.521 175 180 185 190 195 200 205
10 1.0 3.599 Reboiler Temperature (°C)
3.0 3.617
5.0 3.659 Figure 6 Outlet Gas Water Content against
0.2 9.537 Reboiler Temperature at 8 Contactor Stages
0.5 4.324 and TEG Flow Rate of 1m³/hr
12 1.0 3.584
3.0 3.617
100.00
5.0 3.659
99.98

99.96
Lean TEG (wt %)

99.94
7.5
Water Content in Gas Out (lb/MMSCFD)

99.92

7.0 99.90

99.88
6.5
99.86

6.0 99.84

99.82
5.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6
Stripping Gas Rate (MMSCFD)
5.0

Figure 7 Lean TEG against Stripping Gas Flow

4.5 Rate
175 180 185 190 195 200 205
Reboiler Temperature (°C)

Figure 5 Outlet Gas Water Content against

Reboiler Temperature at 8 Contactor Stages
and TEG Flow Rate of 0.5 m³/hr

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 Figure 8 Hydrate Formation Possibility of Gas Outlet Stream

From Table 3, it can be observed that outlet gas for effective transfer of water from the gas to the
water content reduces with high TEG flow rate and glycol. Also, a greater number of trays indicates
increases with low flow rates. However, between a that the gas would have a higher contacting time in
TEG flow rate of 0.5 m³/hr and 3 m³/hr, water the vessel and would as such lead to more effective
content is well within pipeline specifications. It can dehydration. These results are corroborated by
also be recognised that high TEG flow rates of 5 researches conducted by other authors
m³/hr and above do not further decrease water (Anyadiegwu et al., 2014; Arubi and Duru, 2008).
content in the outlet gas stream significantly. It can also be noticed that a TEG flow rate of above
Anyadiegwu et al. (2014) reported that flooding the 3 m³/hr is uneconomical and leads to liquid loading
contactor with such high amounts of TEG could in the gas because of excessive TEG in the
rather result in a phenomenon called liquid contactor.
carryover where the excess TEG becomes entrained
in the gas stream causing an increase in the hydrate From Figures 5 and 6, it can be realised that
formation temperature. It would therefore not be although the TEG flow rate also determines the
economical to flow TEG beyond 1 m³/hr given the extent of dehydration, water content of outlet gas
processing conditions obtained from the Jubilee reduces with increasing reboiler temperature. This
Field. Similarly, a low TEG flow rate of 0.2 m³/hr is because the reboiler temperature largely
would result in water content which do not fall determines the purity to which the glycol is
within the range for pipeline quality natural gas and regenerated. However, reboiler temperature must
therefore cannot be used. not be raised beyond 204 °C to prevent breakdown
of glycol molecules. This temperature limit also
Table 4 indicates that, increasing numbers of affects the purity of glycol that can be regenerated
theoretical equilibrium stages of the contactor to less than 98.5%. For this simulation, a glycol
results in reduced water content of outlet gas temperature of 180 °C resulted in a TEG purity of
regardless of the TEG flow rate. A TEG flow rate 96.02%. Operating the reboiler temperature at 190
of 1 m³/hr for example, results in 4.351 °C led to a TEG regeneration of 96.96%. Finally,
lb/MMSCFD of water in the outlet gas stream at 4 97.64 and 97.88% of lean TEG were obtained for
contacting stages, 3.644 lb/MMSCFD at 8 reboiler temperatures of 200 °C and 204.4 °C
contacting stages (Table 3), 3.599 lb/MMSCFD respectively.
and 3.584 lb/MMSCFD at 10 and 12 stages
respectively. Thus, as expected, a greater number
of contactor stages indicates a larger surface area

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Authors
Solomon Adjei Marfo is a
Lecturer at the Petroleum
Engineering Department of
University of Mines and
Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana.
He holds PhD in Petroleum
Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt,
Nigeria, MEng Degree in Mining (Petroleum
Engineering) from the University of Belgrade,
Serbia and BSc in Chemical Engineering from the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. He is a
member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE), a Registered Environmental Specialist
(RES) with the National Registry of Environmental
Professionals (NREP) of USA. His research
interests include sand and water control in oilfields
using chemicals, agro-waste and local materials
evaluation for oilfields application.

Prince Opoku Appau is a

recent Petroleum Engineering
graduate. He holds MSc degree
in Petroleum and Natural Gas
Engineering from the China
University of Petroleum-
Beijing. He also holds BSc
degree in Petroleum Engineering from the
University of Mines and Technology (UMaT),
Tarkwa, Ghana. He is also a member of Society of
Petroleum Engineers (SPE). His research interests
include drilling and cementing fluids, reservoir
modelling and simulation, EOR and flow assurance
and natural gas.

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