Patent ID: 8840707

Claim:
A gas condensate production plant comprising: a separation unit having a feed inlet that is configured to receive a two-phase mixture of (a) a hot and compressed recycle stream comprising C 2 , C 3 , and lighter components and (b) a hydrocarbon feed comprising C 2 , C 3 , and lighter components and C 4 and heavier components, wherein the hot and compressed recycle stream comprising C 2 , C 3 , and lighter components is present in the two-phase mixture in an amount effective to increase a temperature of the hydrocarbon feed to allow the separation unit to operate under conditions that allow stripping of at least 50% of the C 2 , C 3 , and lighter components from the feed using the hot and compressed recycle stream to thereby form a separation unit vapor product comprising the at least 50% of the C 2 , C 3 , and lighter components, and wherein the recycle stream has a temperature of between 200° F. to 250° F. and a pressure of between 1100 psig to 1400 psig, and wherein the recycle stream is generated in a second separation unit downstream of the separation unit, is in vapor form, and is compressed to a pressure at which the separation unit operates.