In order to comply with local environmental regulations, the NGL3 sulfur recovery process will be upgraded to improve the sulfur recovery from its present level to 99.5%.
To meet the new sulfur recovery targets, Qatar Petroleum selected WorleyParsons to optimize the concept and develop a FEED package to upgrade the existing NGL3 facilities and associated utilities. The scope included an initial concept optimization study, followed by front‑end engineering design. The techno‑economic study examined different configurations and operating scenarios to comply with or exceed the local environmental requirements.
In addition to WorleyParsons’ own range of proprietary sulfur technologies, a comprehensive understanding of wider technologies available for sulfur removal and recovery enables WorleyParsons to select solutions that will deliver the best operational and economic outcome for projects. In this case, the FEED for the process and utilities determined that WorleyParsons proprietary sulfur recovery technology delivers the optimum balance of capital and operating costs and environmental performance.
