The natural gas condensate is called condensate, or gas condensate, or sometimes natural gasoline because it contains hydrocarbons within the gasoline boiling range. Condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are separated from natural gas and contains the higher molecular weight hydrocarbons that exist in the reservoir as constituents of natural gas but are recovered as liquids in gas processing facilities.
Main areas of gas condensate processing include fuel and petrochemical industries. Major fuels obtained from gas condensate include high-octane gasoline, jet fuel, gasoil and boiler fuels. Processing of gas condensate in the petrochemical industry produces aromatics, olefins, and other monomers that are widely applied in the production of plastics, synthetic rubbers and polymeric resins. In addition, because condensate is typically liquid in ambient conditions and also has very low viscosity, condensate could be used to dilute highly viscous heavier oils that cannot otherwise be efficiently transported via pipelines.