Paper: Conservation With Stock Tank Vapor Recovery

Efficiency of primary and secondary oil recovery has become a major economic requirement for all crude oil producers. The phase of crude oil production this paper will consider is final gas-oil separation with the stock or surge tank and recovery of the resultant vapor. A basis for consideration of stock tank vapor recovery will require a gas sales outlet at a centralized location where crude oil is treated for pipeline sale or storage. The loss of tank vapor to atmosphere is familiar to most production personnel; thus, with the current trend of lease custody transfer and/or tank battery consolidation, the volume of vapor loss becomes a factor worthy of consideration.