Disposal of acid gases with oilfield produced water
- DPH Engineering Inc., Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
- PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
With tightening environmental policies, many companies are investigating alternatives to atmospheric sulfur and greenhouse gas emissions. The oil and gas industry of Alberta, Canada typically recovers a high percentage of sulfur in large sour gas processing plants, but is often looking for a more cost effective approach to dealing with small volume plants. PanCanadian Petroleum Limited and DPH Engineering Inc. have developed a disposal scheme that makes low volume sour gas processing more affordable and easier to operate by disposing of acid gases in an aqueous phase to a disposal well. The development of this scheme utilized the results of reservoir studies, computer simulations, laboratory tests and field tests. This work has further resulted in the implementation of two full scale schemes to dissolve acid gas in produced water and inject it into deep subsurface formations. These schemes have operated with minimal problems and have met their environmental requirements.
- OSTI ID:
- 347900
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9803159-; TRN: IM9923%%438
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 77. annual meeting of the Gas Processors Association (GPA), Dallas, TX (United States), 16-18 Mar 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]; Related Information: Is Part Of Seventy-seventh annual convention Gas Processors Association: Proceedings; PB: 288 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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