Recently Beach Energy once again hosted our Year 11 Chemistry students as they undertook a site tour of the Otway Gas Plant. Community Relations Manager, Linda French, conducted the site safety induction exercise and students were made aware of the strict protocols in place to ensure that all staff and visitors remained safe on site. Linda described how hydrocarbons are formed, the location of Australia’s gas basins, and how gas and oil is found on land and off shore. Michael Binstead detailed how gas is produced at the Otway Gas Plant when hydrocarbons, or raw gas containing water; petroleum products; gasses; and unwanted inert gasses including nitrogen and carbon dioxide flow from production wells through buried pipelines to the gas plant. The carbon dioxide is detached and the gas is dehydrated to remove water and mercury. Natural gas is then removed and undergoes fractionation to produce ethane, propane and butane. Students learnt from the Production Site Manager about the range of careers at the site including engineers, technicians, chemists, accountants, and contractors before Paul Said accompanied students on a site tour where they could see the gas production in process – real chemistry in action! Comments are closed.
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