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The Unprecedented East China Sea Oil Spill
- twic 9y agoCondensate, on the other hand, is a gas amid the heat and pressure down there. Bring it up to the surface and it condenses into liquid. So it's a gas at high pressure, but a liquid at atmospheric pressure? I hardly think so! I would understand if it was liquid underground, but turned to gas when we let it vent, then turned liquid again once cooled. This article is entirely about the definition of condensate, but still doesn't explain what it is: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-condensate/u-s-oil-industrys-billion-dollar-question-what-is-condensate-idUSKCN0HX0BU20141008 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-condensate/u-s-oil-in... Although it does contain another baffling oil fact: the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the Eagle Ford and Permian basins that account for most condensate output In Texas, oil production is regulated by the Railroad Commission. Of course.