Method for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate and natural gas processing plant
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsJohannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Arian Nijmeijer, Cornelis Jacobus Smit
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Abstract
A method for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate, comprising the steps of providing a nanofiltration membrane having a feed side and a permeate side; contacting the natural gas condensate with the feed side of the membrane; and obtaining a mercury-depleted natural gas condensate at the permeate side of the membrane; and a natural gas processing plant comprising a condensate workup section including a nanofiltration membrane separation unit for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate.
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A method for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate, comprising the steps of
- providing a nanofiltration membrane having a feed side and a permeate side;
- contacting the natural gas condensate with the feed side of the membrane;
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- obtaining a mercury-depleted natural gas condensate at the permeate side of the membrane.
A natural gas processing plant comprising a condensate workup section including a nanofiltration membrane separation unit for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate.
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