Keota Cryogenic + LNG Processing Facility

Project summary

Audubon provided engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM), fabrication, and commissioning and start-up services for Noble Energy’s Keota liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. This was the first LNG plant in Colorado and one of the largest gas processing facilities in the state.

The LNG project included associated plant utilities and infrastructure, including condensate stabilization, inlet compression, amine treating, cryogenic natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery, product storage, and propane refrigeration. The modular processing units were fabricated and tested in our Houston facility, then shipped to the site for installation. Taurus solar power generation units were also designed for 8 megawatt sand installed as the primary power source with buy-back capabilities to the grid.

Project overview

45 MMSCFD greenfield gas processing facility
Inlet gas processed to produce a truckable condensate, pipeline quality sales gas
Y-grade NGL product and 100,000 GPD LNG liquefaction unit
Facility included inlet slug catcher and condensate stabilization
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10,000 HP electric drive motor inlet reciprocating compression
350 GPM inlet gas treating via amine
Gas sub-cooled cryogenic processing unit
1500 HP propane refrigeration
4,000 HP electric drive motor reciprocating residue gas compression and associated plant utilities and infrastructure