Liquid recovery system

A system for recovering natural gas liquid from a source, comprising:

• a heat exchanger for cooling wellstream fluid directed therethrough from a first inlet to a first outlet;
• a first separator for receiving the fluid from the heat exchanger for separating liquid and gas;
• in a first configuration, the gas from the first separator being directed to a turbo-expander for reducing the temperature and pressure of the gas to form a cold fluid;
• the cold fluid being directed to a second separator for separating liquid and gas;
• gas from the second separator being directed to the heat exchanger where it flows therethrough from a second inlet to a second outlet for cooling the fluid flowing between the first inlet and first outlet;
• wherein if the turbo-expander is not operating, the first configuration may be a changed to a second configuration to bypass the turbo-expander and direct the gas from the second separator to a Joule-Thomson valve to form the cold fluid.