Oil & Gas Glossary
Natural gas liquids (NGLs) are the C2+ components in produced gas: ethane, propane, butanes, and natural gasoline. They are recovered in processing plants and, to a lesser extent, in field stabilization. They are not the same thing as condensate in a stock tank, though the streams are related.
Permian gas is NGL-rich. That is why tank vapors have BTU worth recovering, why VRUs can pay out, and why midstream plants sit where they do. It is also why a flare on a rich stream behaves differently from a flare on dry residue gas.
Redhead Services does not operate an NGL plant. We supply field equipment that handles the vapors and gas around those liquids: VRUs, combustors, meter runs, and wellhead compressors.
