Difference between natural gas liquids and LNG?

[chibwack]

Being an oil city I'm sure somebody can explain this to me. I only have an elementary understanding of the gas side of things, but I do know that natural gas liquids are completely different from LNG, what is this difference?

[badatusrnames]

It's not hard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-gas_processing#NGL
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com...0gas%20liquids

[Euro_Trash]

Natural gas liquids are the heavier components (propane and higher)
LNG is methane and ethane

[realazy]

Natural gas liquids are the heavier hydrocarbons in natural gas, ethane, propane, butane, and so on that can be extracted during natural gas processing and is worth a lot more than pure methane.

LNG is liquified natural gas is basically methane compressed and cooled so that it is in a liquid form for ease of transportation.

[msommers]

More info on gases

http://knappap.blogspot.ca/2012/01/w...know-what.html

Chart on kerogen types

[Euro_Trash]

^^ lol at calling rich gas wet gas

[msommers]

Is wet gas not worth more than dry gas? And nowhere in that article is 'rich' even used.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by Euro_Trash
Natural gas liquids are the heavier components (propane and higher)
LNG is methane and ethane

Originally posted by realazy
Natural gas liquids are the heavier hydrocarbons in natural gas, ethane, propane, butane, and so on that can be extracted during natural gas processing and is worth a lot more than pure methane.

LNG is liquified natural gas is basically methane compressed and cooled so that it is in a liquid form for ease of transportation.

Originally posted by msommers
Is wet gas not worth more than dry gas? And nowhere in that article is 'rich' even used.

Yup. There's more demand and higher returns for natural gas liquids (wet gas) than LNG's ('dry' gas) right now.

[lasimmon]

Originally posted by msommers
Is wet gas not worth more than dry gas? And nowhere in that article is 'rich' even used.

Maybe he is confused with rich gasoline?

[Euro_Trash]

Wet=water
Rich=hydrocarbon

[msommers]

Plenty of people in the industry refer to gases that aren't dry gases as wet gases. Unless people and textbooks have been lying to me.

[lasimmon]

Originally posted by Euro_Trash
Wet=water
Rich=hydrocarbon

No co-workers or clients I work with refer to it this way.