When Performance Matters www.scanningtech.com © Copyright Scanning Technologies Inc. – All Rights Reserved Identifying Liquid Carry Over in a Glycol Contactor THE CHALLENGE A customer experienced sudden liquid carry over in a glycol dehydrator shortly after bringing on production from new shale gas wells. The tower was able to operate with a reduced gas flow rate and near zero glycol flow. The customer shut in the new wells but there was no change in tower performance. Several thousand dollars of glycol make up had already been added to the system and a quick chemical wash had been performed on the tower. To continue producing, the customer was shipping off spec gas and paying a penalty to the pipeline company. OUR RESP

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