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I N T H E A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N B E T T E R D E A L W I T H

R V P I S S U E S — M A I N TA I N I N G A S A F E C O N D I T I O N F O R

H Y D R O C A R B O N S AT A L L T I M E S .

These days, safety culture is so engrained into everyday operations

that it’s easy to get complacent. But this Worthington Industries

customer leaves nothing to chance. That’s why they approached our

team regarding a wellsite in the Appalachian Basin. They wanted

good-to-great transformation of the site’s RVP performance from a

name they could trust.

Taming RVP and Improving

Purity in the Appalachian Basin

C A S E S T U D Y : A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N

W O R T H I N G T O N ’ S S E P A R AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y :

MAINTAINED throughput levels

DELIVERED a target RVP of 9psi

REDUCED equipment footprint

C A S E S T U D Y : A P P A L A C H I A N B A S I N

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After careful review of the system’s inlet specifications and

performance requirements, and keeping in mind the operator’s

RVP objective, our team proposed a Worthington Industries

4x16 heater treater. This solution replaced a direct fired heater

treater and eliminated a VRT—and was able to deliver upon the

desired RVP target value.

Our heater treaters feature advanced internals that make better

use of the unit’s cross-sectional space. Because of this high-

performance design, this system delivered the higher target

throughput desired by the customer while hitting that RVP mark

of 9psi, all with a smaller footprint. And, as an added bonus of

this unit’s performance, the system improved the site’s overall

NGL recovery.

S O LU T I O N

Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) is a measure of liquid hydrocarbon

volatility. Specifically, ASTM D323 – 15a standards state that it’s the

vapor pressure at 100°F of petroleum products and crude oils with

an initial boiling point above 32°F. In this case, the operator wanted

to improve the way they managed RVP with the goal of achieving

a total value of 9psi at higher liquid rates than they had previously

been producing.

Prior to engagement with Worthington Industries, the customer

had deployed a VRT and line heater setup to manage RVP. But

the configuration was not delivering the consistent results the

customer wanted. So they approached us to develop a solution to

better approach the issue.

C H A L L E N G E

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