Lost Cabin Gas Plant

TIC was the general subcontractor for the construction of Train 3 for Burlington Resource’s Lost Cabin Gas Plant., a sour gas sweetening facility located in Lost Cabin, Wyo. The plant consists of three (3) trains. The first was designed and constructed by Raytheon Engineers and Constructors. The second and third were both engineered by Washington Group, formerly Raytheon, and constructed by TIC.

The second train was a 62MMSCFD facility. The capital cost for Train 2 was $110 million and construction took 14 months with total man-hours of 436,946 and a peak workforce of 250 employees.

Train 3 is the largest of the three trains at 180MMSCFD, and when combined with Trains 1 and 2, brings the total plant capacity to 313MMSCFD. A total of 1,020,538 man-hours were worked, with a peak workforce of 450 employees. The capital costs of Train 3 were $280 million.

Technical Details

• CO2 Absorber Tower – 11’3” diameter x 143’ tall – 550 ton
• „H2S Absorber Tower – 9’ diameter x 142’ tall – 500 ton
• „Inlet Contract Cooler – 9’ diameter x 38’ tall – 220 ton
• Flare Stack – 199’ tall
• CO2 Vent Stack – 213’ tall
• Tail Gas Stack – 200’ tall
• Two (2) H2S Recycle Compressors
• „CO2 Recycle Compressor