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Show V s - .... an mm om&Mmm 1 1" V .'V1' -- r. .u p 11 TOWERS at a gas processing from natural gas. I R9 COiCgBS IT I I 'I j V II ! 1 - f in ; - ! mi r ' plant remove natural gasoline, butanes, and propane - - 1 ,4 v. Nature has done a fine job in creating natural gas. Natural gas companies, however, have gone nature one better. They have improved the cleanliness, economy, and efficiency of this wonder fuel. l checks are run on natural gas In laboratories at key points along El Paso's pipeline system. In its underground state, natural gas is accompanied by certain products called liquid hydrocarbons that are QUALITY vaporized within it. These products, primarily natural gasoline, butanes, and propane, are valuable in themselves. If they remained inhegasy thejnwould interfere with the operation of compression and pipeline equipment. Therefore, natural gas companies remove these products from natural gas in plants especially designed for that purpose. twist up-gradi- ng V rtf a wt w i rt 4- avm w a4mi1 m m a it as fuel. These impurities are chiefly hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide. Practically all natural gas has water anid wlKvapwti it as it leaves the ground. To prevent corrosion of pipelines and other harmful results, El Paso Natural Gas Company dehydrates its natural gas. At key points in its system, El Paso Natural has laboratories I - .. " ' . .... v ! that it sells. There are several complex, machines that chemists use in this work, most of them with jawbreaking names. One of the most complex of these devices is the mass spectrometer, or "mass spec," as it is popularly called. This machine, in an amazingly short time, can report the percentages of the components of a thimbleful of natural gas. In addition, these laboratories keep a watchful eye on the water situation. Water is used, for example, for cooling engines in compressor stations, and it is used to cool the gas, which js heated in the compression process. Unless it is treated, hard water will corrode or otherwise damage the equipment that it cools. These laboratories check the water daily to make sure that itftas the additives necessary to prolong the life of the equipment. I t , , -''v , r , v -- , , ,, i" - V is worn by El Paso Natural employee inspecting recovers which amine used in processing gas. unit, OXYGEN MASK Special Supplement by El amine-recover- y Paso Natural Gas Company. (Adv.) |