PDVSA Venezuela Implements DeltaV Control Strategies to Reduce Gas Emissions and Maximize Availability
PDVSA Venezuela Implements DeltaV Control Strategies to Reduce Gas Emissions and Maximize Availability
2 PagesNatural gas dehydration by chemical absorsion. Petróleos de Venezuela, S. A. (PDVSA) - Pigap II, Venezuela. To maximize production and accomplish environment regulations, PDVSA needed to optimize and maintain high availability on one of its natural gas compression plants. Due to inaccurate control strategies in the dehydration units and constant weather changes, whole plant was not running with the required throughput. As a result crude oil production was affected, natural gas was vented and equipment were damaged, increasing maintenance costs. ? Reduced plant shutdowns caused by dehydration system, from 6 to O in one year. ? Reduced 300 MMSCF/ year of wasted gas in venting operations. ? Reduced 40.000 bbl of differed crude oil production. ? Reduced drastically valve damage d
