Dehydration & Fluids Handling Safety Improvements


Client:

Columbia Gas Transmission

Location:

Glady Compressor Station
Glady, WV (suburb of Elkins, WV)

Augusta Project Number:

193073- Glady

Project Value:

$2 M

Contract Amount:

$200 K

Status:

In service January 2004

Description:

Glady Compressor Station is a storage facility that has been plagued with fluids collection and disposal issues. Occasional liquid slugs have upset the operation. The project goal was to provide a design that would allow the station to operate with fluids handling being a normal and daily part of their operation. This project provided for the engineering of instrumentation and equipment to eliminate the impact of this transient state on operations.

The project provided for high liquid level alarms on gas separators and dehydration equipment, re-boiler piping changes, automated contactor by-pass piping, pressure transmitters on the two re-boiler tanks, repair and automation of dump systems and an upgrade of the Bristol station master processor. In addition a 36” ANSI 1500 HARP separator was installed on the 2700 psi storage field.

The detailed design package provided specifications and drawings to purchase and install the required equipment, piping and instrumentation necessary to accomplish the revampments.