Natural gas processing plant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018262",
  "term": "Natural gas processing plant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Natural Gas Processing Plant",
  "definition": "1. Facilities designed to recover natural gas liquids from a stream of natural gas that may or may not have passed through lease separators and/or field separation facilities. These facilities control the quality of the natural gas to be marketed. Cycling plants are classified as gas processing plants.\n\n2. Any processing site engaged in the extraction of natural gas liquids from field gas, fractionation of mixed natural gas liquids to natural gas products, or both.\n\n3. Any processing site engaged in the extraction of natural gas liquids from field gas, or the fractionation of mixed NGL to natural gas products, or a combination of both.\n\n4. Any processing site engaged in the extraction of natural gas liquids from field gas, fractionation of mixed natural gas liquids to natural gas products, or both, classified as North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 211112 (previously Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 1321).\n\n5. Natural gas processing plant is a facility designed to “clean” raw natural gas by separating impurities and various non-methane hydrocarbons and fluids to produce what is known as 'pipeline quality' dry natural gas. A gas processing plant is also used to recover natural gas liquids (condensate, natural gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas) and sometimes other substances such as sulfur. [DOT Fact Sheet: Natural Gas Processing Plant at ]https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/Comm/FactSheets/FSNaturalGasProcessingPlants.htm\n\n6. Processing site engaged in the extraction of natural gas liquids from field gas, fractionation of mixed natural gas liquids to natural gas products, or both. A Joule-Thompson valve, a dew point depression valve, or an isolated or standalone Joule-Thompson skid is not a natural gas processing plant.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "40 CFR 60.631 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.761 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 68.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Built Environments-Energy Generation",
    "40 CFR 60.5430b (CFR 2024)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/natural-gas-processing-plant/"
}