Mobile Gas Treatment Reduces Emissions, Generates Revenue

Gas typically gets flared because it’s problematic — there’s too much variation in its chemistry, flow rates, pressures and temperatures for it to be usable without requiring a lot of costly treatment. But what if you could solve those problems on your site in an economical way, put the cleaned-up gas to good use and make a dent in your ESG (environmental, social, governance) goals all at the same time? That’s what GTUIT makes possible.

GTUIT, a company in which Caterpillar holds an equity investment, is the industry leader in field and well-site natural gas processing and conditioning. The company’s proprietary mobile solution enables energy companies to process up 100% of flare volumes, remove up to 80% of C3+ hydrocarbons and significantly reduce emissions, all while turning flare gas into additional revenue and increasing the potential for oil production.

In 2019, GTUIT’s solutions helped its customers eliminate almost 557,000 tons of CO₂ through the production of natural gas liquids (NGLs) from flare gas.

Lower cost, smaller footprint, quicker setup

Traditionally, oil and gas operations must invest in separate dehydration, compression and refrigeration equipment on site to treat flare gas. It can be expensive to acquire and maintain, plus it’s not mobile and requires permitting. GTUIT’s solution, on the other hand, integrates all that equipment onto a single trailer — one that can be moved on or off location in a matter of hours — reducing the gas treatment footprint on site and requiring no permits. Daily site checks, equipment setup, troubleshooting, maintenance, spare parts and repairs all are included in one fee.

Making unusable gas usable — and profitable

The GTUIT solution produces conditioned dry gas and achieves maximum NGL recovery — dramatically reducing emissions and conserving energy for later use. The resulting gas and NGLs can be used across a number of different applications on fracking, drilling, gas compression and production sites, such as:

• Replacing diesel fuel in pumping and drilling applications using Cat® Dynamic Gas Blending™ engines or generator sets
• Generating electric power for various site operations
• Producing digital processing power for data and bitcoin mining
• Creating a revenue stream from compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG)

The GTUIT solution is applicable anywhere in the world gas is flared — or anywhere associated gas needs effective, inexpensive treatment. Want to learn more about how it can help you meet your environmental and economic goals ? Get details at www.gtuit.com or talk to your local Cat dealer.