Process for the transportation of acid gases in natural gas liquids streams
Phillips Petroleum Company has developed a process that not only prevents air pollution by venting sulfur dioxide in the field but also avoids the need to install an uneconomical, inefficient, and undersized sulfur-recovery facility near the field natural gas source. The procedure calls for fractional separation of a sour field natural gas stream, dehydration and transportation of the resulting acid-gas stream and the natural-gas-liquids stream, and the recovery of the elemental sulfur contained within the dehydrated acid-gas and natural-gas-liquids mixture. In this manner, the acid-gas content of the wellhead gas stream can be transported from the natural gas processing plant to a distant process center for sulfur recovery under economical process conditions. The procedure transports the acid-gas components via existing natural-gas-liquids lines.
- Assignee:
- Phillips Petroleum Co.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3812030
- OSTI ID:
- 5903178
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DESULFURIZATION
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FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
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