Natural gas condensate

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Natural gas condensate (usually just condensate) is a by-product of the processing of raw natural gas.

The liquid condensate removed and recovered during the processing of raw natural gas can be refined as if it were very light crude oil.

Natural gas condensate is typically composed of:

C5 as pentane - 5-70% by weight
C6 as hexane, cyclohexane and benzene- 25-95% by weight
C7 as heptane and toluene - 25-95% by weight
C8 as octane, ethylbenzene and xylene - 25-95% by weight
other hydrocarbons, up to C14

Raw natural gas often contains significant amounts of ethane, propane, butane and isobutane which are also removed and recovered as liquified gases during the processing of the raw gas. The recovered liquified gases are commonly known as NGLs (natural gas liquids).

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