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CondensatesField, stabilized & sour grades

A light, low‑density hydrocarbon liquid condensed from wellhead gas streams across Turkmenistan and the Middle East — naturally naphtha‑rich, and stabilized to strip out light ends before it ever reaches a tanker.

It's a flexible feedstock for naphtha and gasoline blending, refinery and petrochemical cracking, and diesel and jet fuel production, moved to market as stable liquid cargo at ordinary tank pressure.

API gravity, ° — axis 45–65
Stabilized export spec58.0°
Field condensate, typ.50.0°

Stabilization at the gas plant lifts the usable API range while stripping out the volatile methane‑to‑butane fractions.

Field Condensate Stabilized Condensate Sour Condensate C5+ Naphtha‑Rich Turkmenistan Middle East Low Sulfur Field Condensate Stabilized Condensate Sour Condensate C5+ Naphtha‑Rich Turkmenistan Middle East Low Sulfur
Grades

Field, stabilized
or sour

Royal Global Energy supplies gas condensate in three commercial grades — field (lease) condensate, stabilized export condensate and sour condensate — each graded to its own API gravity, sulphur and H₂S limits, but drawn from the same naphtha‑rich wellhead liquid.

Stabilization at the gas plant strips out the methane‑to‑butane fractions that would otherwise flash off in transit, lifting the usable API range and leaving a stable liquid that ships and stores like any other clean petroleum cargo.

Field

Field condensate

Recovered straight from the wellhead separator, unstabilized, for immediate processing or blending.

Stabilized

Stabilized export condensate

Degassed and stripped of light ends, min. 55 API, ready for tanker loading and long‑haul export.

Sour

Sour condensate

Higher sulphur and H₂S content, priced accordingly, for refiners equipped to sweeten and process it.

API gravity by grade

Target fraction Spec limit
Field Condensate
50° Typ.
Stabilized Export
55° Min
Sour Condensate
45° Typ.
Sulphur, sweet grade
0.05% Max
H₂S content, export
1 ppm Max
0 25 50 75 100

API gravity and impurity limits by grade, against a 0–100 index axis. Condensate grades tested to ASTM D287 (API gravity) and ASTM D4294 (sulphur).

Reference

Trading specification

Property Limit
API gravity45–65°, by grade
Density @ 15°C0.700–0.780 kg/L
Sulphur content0.05–0.20 wt%, by grade
Water content0.05 vol% Max
Reid vapour pressure (RVP)60–90 kPa
H₂S content10 ppm Max
Cargo‑level trading specification. Grade‑specific limits for stabilized export and sour condensate follow below.
Application

Where it's used

Supplied as field, stabilized and sour condensate, moving through three core demand channels alongside naphtha and gasoline blending.

Naphtha & gasoline feedstock

Roughly half naphtha by composition, condensate is a natural feed for reforming and the gasoline blending pool.

Refinery & petrochemical feedstock

High‑paraffin condensate feeds steam crackers for ethylene, along with a wider slate of refinery units.

Diesel & jet fuel precursor

A raw material for reactive, boiler and diesel fuel production once run through the appropriate distillation units.

Field Stabilized Sour Naphtha‑Rich
Facility & product

Our
operations

RGE gas condensate separator facility
Gas condensate product loading at export terminal
Technical data

Full specifications

PropertyLimitTest method
Physical formLiquidVisual
AppearancePale yellow to colourlessVisual
Density @ 15°C0.7365 kg/L Typ.ASTM D‑4052
API gravity55–65° MinASTM D‑287
Sulphur content, wt%0.05% MaxASTM D‑4294
Nitrogen content6.2 mg/kg MaxASTM D‑4629
Water content, vol%0.025% MaxASTM D‑95
Salt content1 PTB MaxASTM D‑3230
Wax content, wt%5% MaxUOP 46
Total Acid Number0.05 mg KOH/g MaxASTM D‑664
H₂S content1 ppm MaxASTM D‑5705
PropertyLimitTest method
Physical formLiquidVisual
AppearanceYellow to amberVisual
Density @ 15°C0.750–0.780 kg/LASTM D‑4052
API gravity45–50° Typ.ASTM D‑287
Sulphur content, wt%0.20% MaxASTM D‑4294
Nitrogen content15 mg/kg MaxASTM D‑4629
Water content, vol%0.10% MaxASTM D‑95
Salt content3 PTB MaxASTM D‑3230
Wax content, wt%5% MaxUOP 46
Total Acid Number0.10 mg KOH/g MaxASTM D‑664
H₂S content50 ppm MaxASTM D‑5705
API gravity ranges for this grade are shown above, under Grades.
Storage

Storage & export loading

Stabilized condensate is stable at ordinary tank pressure, unlike the LPG it's separated from — it moves through floating‑roof shore tanks, segregated by grade, to condensate carriers loading for export.

Sour condensate is handled on dedicated lines with H₂S monitoring throughout, and every loading is metered and sampled at custody transfer to confirm API gravity, sulphur and water content on arrival.

10,000–40,000 m³
Tank farm capacity, per grade
0.700–0.780 kg/L
Density range, 15°C
45–65° API
API gravity range, by grade
500–1,200 m³/hr
Typ. loading rate
GAS CONDENSATE FLOATING ROOF · H₂S MONITORED loading line level & temp gauge
Storage & vessel propertySpecification
Containment typeAtmospheric steel tank, floating roof
Design temperatureAmbient, typ. 0°C to +40°C
MaterialCarbon steel, internally coated where required
Loading methodMarine loading arm / vapour balancing line
MeteringMass flow / volumetric, custody transfer
Safety systemsH₂S monitoring, foam suppression, static bonding
Product segregationDedicated tanks per grade, sweet vs sour
AdditivesH₂S scavenger, sour grade only
Cargo‑specific loading and storage parameters vary by terminal and vessel; full loadmaster data shared pre‑fixture.
Condensate shipping

Transport &
classification

Shipping data for gas condensate cargoes — stabilized export and sour grades — moved under IMDG, ADR/RID and IMO MARPOL Annex I regulations.

Gas condensate is classified for maritime and overland transport as UN 1268, Petroleum Distillates, N.O.S. / Condensate.

Class 3, Flammable Liquid, packing group I given its very low flash point, carried in dedicated product tankers and shore tanks under MARPOL Annex I. Sour grades carry an additional Class 6.1 subsidiary risk label for H₂S.

Regulated for tank transport under ADR/RID; sour condensate is shipped with H₂S monitoring and appropriate subsidiary hazard labelling.

Stored in floating‑roof tanks segregated by grade, with continuous H₂S monitoring on sour streams, away from ignition sources per site HSE procedures.

Documentation

Download specifications

Full data sheets for each condensate grade, ready to share with your engineering team.

Field Condensate
Specification sheet · PDF
 Stabilized Export Condensate
Specification sheet · PDF
 Sour Condensate
Specification sheet · PDF

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