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Facility Types
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Gas Well Processing Units
Process Category | Processing Units |
Wells and Well Sites | Gas Well Oil Well Desanding Test Separation Group Separation |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Bullets |
Utilities & Off sites | Fuel Gas Instrument Gas Flare Instrument Air |
Gas Plant Processing Units
Process Category | Processing Units |
Wells and Well Sites | Desanding |
Gas Processing | Inlet Gathering Inlet Separation Gas Compression Dehydration (Glycol) Dehydration (Molecular Sieve) Refrigeration (Propane) |
Sour Gas Processing | Amine Sweetening & Recovery Sulphur Recovery Unit (Claus) Sulphur Recovery Unit (Sulferox) TGTU (Tail Gas Treating Unit) |
Hydrocarbon Fractionation | Demethanizer Deethanizer Depropanizer Debutanizer Condensate Stabilizer |
Water Treatment | Produced Water Treatment Category: Storage Hydrocarbon Storage Bullets Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks Produced Water Storage Tanks |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Gas Turbine Generator Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Instrument Gas Incinerator Flare Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air Firewater System |
Compressor Station Processing Units
Process Category | Processing Units |
Gas Processing | Inlet Gathering Inlet Separation Gas Compression Dehydration (Glycol) Dehydration (Molecular Sieve) Refrigeration (Propane) |
Hydrocarbon Fractionation | Deethanizer |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Bullets Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks Produced Water Storage Tanks |
Utilities and Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Flare Heat Medium (Glycol) Instrument Air |
Oil Sands (Extraction) Processing Units
Process Category | Processing Units |
Oil Sands Processing | Ore Preparation Bitumen Extraction Froth Treatment |
Tailings | Tailings Management |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities and Off-sites | Fuel Gas Flare Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air Hydrogen Production |
Oil Sands (In-Situ) Processing Units
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Wells and Well Sites | SAGD Well Test Separation |
Sour Gas Processing | Amine Sweetening & Recovery Sulphur Recovery Unit (Claus) Sulphur Recovery Unit (Sulferox) TGTU (Tail Gas Treating Unit) |
Water Treatment | Produced Water Treatment |
Oil Sands Processing | Oil Treatment De-Oiling Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities and Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Incinerator Flare Heat Medium (Glycol) Instrument Air |
Conventional Oil Processing Units
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Wells and Well Sites | Oil Well |
Oil Processing | Oil Treatment |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Flare Cooling Water Heat Medium (Glycol) Instrument Air |
Other & Miscellaneous | Truck Loading Terminal |
Upgrader Processing Units
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Sour Gas Processing | Amine Sweetening & Recovery Sulphur Recovery Unit (Claus) Sulphur Recovery Unit (Sulferox) Sour Water Stripping |
Oil Refining | Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Delayed Coker Hydrocracker Hydrotreater (Naphtha, Kerosene, Distillate, FCC Gasoline, VGO, Resid, Gas Oil) Steam Reformer |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks |
Tailings | Tailings Management |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Incinerator Flare Cooling Water Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air Firewater System Utility Steam |
Pipeline/Storage/Transfer
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Pipelines | Gas Pipeline Hydrocarbon Pipeline |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern |
Other & Miscellaneous | Drilling Truck Loading Terminal Metering Station (LACT) Pipeline Terminal Rail Loading Terminal |
Refinery Processing Units
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Pipelines | Hydrocarbon Pipeline |
Sour Gas Processing | Amine Sweetening & Recovery Sulphur Recovery Unit (Claus) Sulphur Recovery Unit (Sulferox) Sour Water Stripping TGTU (Tail Gas Treating Unit) |
Hydrocarbon Fractionation | Demethanizer Deethanizer Depropanizer Debutanizer Depentanizer Dehexanizer |
Water Treatment | Waste Water Treatment |
Oil Refining | Crude Desalting Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Aromatics Extraction MEROX Coker Delayed Coker Visbreaker Residual Hydrocracker Residual Catalytic Cracker De-Asphalting Asphalt Blending Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCCU) Hydrocracker Thermal Cracker Catalytic Reformer Hydrofluoric Alkylation Sulfuric Acid Alkylation Hydrodealkylation Catalytic Polymerization Isomerization Hydrotreater (Naphtha, Kerosene, Distillate, FCC Gasoline, VGO, Resid, Gas Oil) Steam Reformer Hydrogenation |
Storage | Hydrocarbon Storage Bullets Hydrocarbon Storage Tanks Hydrocarbon Storage Spheres Produced Water Storage Tanks Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation Flare Cooling Water Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air Firewater System Utility Steam Hydrogen Production Lube Oil Utility Water |
Other & Miscellaneous | Truck Loading Terminal Rail Loading Terminal Marine Loading |
Ammonia
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Water Treatment | Waste Water Treatment |
Ammonia Production | Desulfurizer Steam Reformer CO2 Removal Methanation Shift Converter Ammonia Synthesis Purge Gas Absorber |
Storage | Ammonia Storage Nitric Acid Storage |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation Flare Cooling Water Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air |
Other & Miscellaneous | Ammonia Refrigeration |
Fertilizer
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Water Treatment | Waste Water Treatment |
Ammonia Production | Desulfurizer Steam Reformer CO2 Removal Methanation Shift Converter Ammonia Synthesis Purge Gas Absorber |
Fertilizer Production | Urea Synthesis Urea Purification and Concentration Urea Granulation Ammonium Nitrate Production UAN (Urea-Ammonium Nitrate) Production Nitric Acid Production |
Storage | Ammonia Storage Fertilizer Storage |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit |
Utilities & Off-sites | Vapour Recovery Unit Fuel Gas Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation Flare Heat Medium (Glycol) Heat Medium (Hot Oil) Instrument Air |
Potash Mining (In-Situ)
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Potash | ECC (Evaporation, Crystallization, Clarification) Salt Debrining Potash Storage Compaction & Screening |
Tailings | Tailings Management |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Waste Heat Recovery Unit Power Generation |
Utilities & Off-sites | Fuel Gas Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation Heat Medium (Glycol) Instrument Air Firewater System |
Polymer Manufacturing
Processing Category | Processing Units |
| Gas Compression Refrigeration (Propylene) |
Hydrocarbon Fractionation | Demethanizer Deethanizer Depropanizer Debutanizer |
Water Treatment | Waste Water Treatment |
Utilities & Off-sites | Boiler Feed Water Fuel Gas Flare Cooling Water Lube Oil Seal Gas Steam Generation |
Polymer Manufacturing | Cracking Furnace Quench Water Caustic Tower Drying Unit Cold Box Gasoline Hydrogeneration Wet Air Oxidation |
Pulp & Paper
Processing Category | Processing Units |
Power Generation / Cogeneration | Power Generation |
Pulp & Paper | Wood Preparation Digesting Bleaching Liquor Recovery Machine Line Utility Waste Water Treatment |
Utilities & Off-sites | Boiler Feed Water Steam Generation Instrument Air Utility Steam Utility Water |