Prosernat starts-up AGRU at Qatargas 1 LNG plant

Prosernat informed it has tested and put into operation a giant multi-functional 1.1 BCF Acid Gas Removal Unit in Ras Laffan Industrial City for Qatargas.

This new AGRU is part of the major debottlenecking performed for Qatargas 1 LNG plant in Ras Laffan, in order to maintain the 10 million tonnes LNG production per annum from Qatargas 1 facility while coping with increased levels of H2S and CO2 in the feed gas, Prosernat said in a statement.

This project is known as plateau maintenance project and involves the construction of an additional acid gas removal unit treating in a single train 1,100 MMSCFD of natural gas, an associated sulphur recovery unit and tail gas treatment unit within the minimum plot area allocated to the green field part of the project.

The 1.1 BCF multi-functional AGRU was started-up at the end of 2014. Performance tests were completed beginning of 2015 and demonstrated that all the guarantees associated with the AGRU, the enrichment of acid gas section and the TGT Amine section at design & turndown capacities meet expectations without any operational issue.

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