Improve gas processing assets with innovations in process modeling

R. BECK, Aspen Technology Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts Between now and 2035, an estimated $205 billion will be poured into gas infrastructure capital assets in North America.1 Most midstream owners and operators have limited resources to conduct the engineering of these assets in-house. Nonetheless, they will be under increasing pressure to handle feasibility studies and project oversight in-house, which are the two essential aspects of any project required to keep construction and project costs under control.2 Midstream engineering work will continue to be outsourced to engineering and construction companies (E&Cs), and it will continue to be extremely dynamic. The experience to dat