When installed in the liquid leg of the separator, Vortex Tools spin and entrain harmful hydrocarbon vapors from the gas, thereby increasing the oil recovery. By doing so, operators remaining compliance with EPA air quality emissions while recovering additional oil condensate and natural gas liquid values (NGLs). Increased oil recovery, reducing BS&W and cheaper gas are the results of this patented process.
Tested in E Texas wells at 103-degree F ambient daytime temperatures, all production tanks were in air compliance with Vortex (especially important as the number of wells-per-pad has increased while air quality standards remain the same). These patented Vortex tools use no additional energy source, have no additional carbon footprint, and no moving parts/maintenance.
Vortex Tools presented at the 2012 SWPSC on its application for recovering 1 time more natural has liquids than pigging.