Reducing gas flaring through converting flowback fluids into e-fuels and chemicals

Abstract

A method for processing flowback may comprise: providing flowback fluid comprising produced water, methane, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide; separating the flowback fluid into produced water, methane, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide streams; producing a hydrogen stream and a carbon dioxide stream from the methane stream; producing a hydrogen stream from the hydrogen sulfide stream; and producing a hydrogen stream from the produced water stream. A flowback fluid processing system may comprise: a flowback fluid separator; a water splitting unit; a methane conversion unit; a hydrogen sulfide converter; a carbon dioxide reducing unit; and a synthesis unit.

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