COVER STORY
Transforming Gas Treating with Advanced Simulation Tools
Optimized Gas Treating , Inc . ( OGT ) has been at the forefront of innovation in the gas processing industry since its founding in 1992 . As pioneers of the mass transfer rate-based approach for simulating amine gas treating applications , OGT has led the industry with cutting-edge tools that enhance efficiency , accuracy , and safety in gas treating processes . Their software solutions , such as ProTreat ® and SulphurPro ®, are renowned for providing rigorous engineering calculations that deliver accurate plant performance insights . We learn more below .
OGI : Could you start by explaining Questions for Optimized Gas Treating , Inc . credentials and experience in terms of your products and services for the oil and gas sectors ? Could you tell our readers the breadth of your experience , how long the company has been active , and its reach ?
OGT : Optimized Gas Treating , Inc . ( OGT ) began in 1992 with the singular goal of providing the industry with the best , most powerful tools possible by pioneering the development of the mass transfer rate-based approach to simulating amine gas treating applications in a commercial environment . OGT has been a pioneer ever since and has expanded its area of application from amine gas treating into physical solvents , glycol dehydration , caustic treating for mercaptan removal , ammonia sour water stripping , and Claus type Sulfur recovery units ( SRU ) with a global user-base . OGT was the first to break ground in rate-based simulation for our industry and has stuck to that philosophy with each new offering leading to fully mass and heat transfer rate-based capability . Other organizations have gradually recognised the
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power of the rate-based approach and have followed suit . The company began as , and is still , the technology leader for modelling gas treating processes and downstream sulfur recovery units for both gas plants and refineries .
OGI : What are some of the risks for plant operators when they do not accurately measure plant performance data ?
OGT : Risks involve both safety and financial operability concerns and lead to higher operational expenses , increased facility maintenance , frequent equipment failures and unscheduled downtime . Severe operation outside plant battery limits has the potential of leading to fatalities .
Some of the generic models provided by competitors require users to fit the simulation model to their plant data through various factors and adjustments , so inaccuracies in measured plant data could be further exacerbated by future simulation once a model is regressed to bad data and then extrapolated further . This error could even be compounded when older instrumentation – which the generic model was fit to – is recalibrated or replaced with newer instrumentation .
To contrast , OGT has built a simulator , ProTreat and SulphurPro , that allows our clients to demonstrate what their plant should be doing with rigorous engineering calculations . Engineers and operators can then take that information and use it to help validate their measurement devices , improve the performance of their plant to reduce operating costs and determine unit capacity limits . For designers , our methods and software removes a lot of approximations and guesswork which leads to oversizing and waste in design . Reliable predictive accuracy helps minimize capital expenses and lowers estimated project cost leading to more competitive design bids .
OGI : What is OGT | Suite ? OGT : OGT | Suite is our suite of software