Fluor Technologies Corporation

James Shih

John Mak

Curt Graham

Sabrina Devone

Phillip D Nguyen

Aditya Hariharan

An offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed. In some instances, the offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed includes an existing non-producing offshore platform. In addition, in some instances, the offshore system for growing and harvesting seaweed includes a seaweed support system coupled to the platform and configured to support the subsea growth of seaweed.

Systems and methods for growing and harvesting seaweed using non-producing offshore platforms

A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

James Shih