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Permalink Reply by 3uq96odaochmj on July 12, 2012 at 9:49am

Ever buy a propane bottle for your gas grill?  That's "wet" gas.

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Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on July 12, 2012 at 9:59am

It can be trucked.  It's a condensate that is stable enough to move by truck, rail or ship.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Powers on July 12, 2012 at 12:10pm

John -

It is difficult to differentiate between wet and dry gas at surface conditions, unless a pressure drop sufficient enough to cause liquids to condense or "flash" has occurred.

 

In my experience, dry and wet gas are both piped to a gathering or processing system; separators or drip systems  are occasionally used to collect and liquids that have condensed and gathered along the low points in the gathering systems. Any liquids that have accumulated in the lower sections of the wells are often pumped to surface to prevent  the vertical fluid columns from impeding flow from the well ("liquid loading").

 

Brian

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