On August 16, the ethane recovery project from natural gas in PetroChina Tarim Oilfield was successfully put into operation, and yielded qualified ethane products.

The natural gas ethane recovery project is designed to process 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year, with an annual output of 762,000 tons of ethane, 366,000 tons of LPG and 75,000 tons of stable light hydrocarbons. The project is an expansion to Tarim Oilfield’s on-stream units — deep recovery of light hydrocarbons from condensate gas. The high-quality ethane produced will feed downstream ethylene projects for deep utilization of natural gas resources.