Conocophillips Company

Mohan Chahal

Wesley R Qualls

Attilio Jose Praderio

Megan Victoria Evans

Marc Thomas Bellomy

Jame Yao

Qi Ma

Will T James

Karl Lee Herzog

Matthew C Gentry

Lisa M Strassle

Satish L Gandhi

James L Rockwell

Mike Wilkes

Matt Calvin Gentry

Methods and systems for removing nitrogen during liquefaction of natural are provided. Methods of removing nitrogen include warming a predominantly methane stream in a methane cold box to provide a warmed predominantly methane stream; conducting at least a portion of the warmed predominantly methane stream from the methane cold box to a nitrogen removal unit comprising at least a first nitrogen removal column and a last nitrogen removal column, wherein the first nitrogen removal column is located upstream of the last nitrogen removal column; passing the warmed predominantly methane stream through the last nitrogen removal column to provide a refluxed warmed predominantly methane stream; and routing at least a portion of the refluxed warmed predominantly methane stream to the last nitrogen removal column.

Nitrogen rejection unit

An LNG facility employing an optimized heavies removal system. The optimized heavies removal system can comprise at least one distillation column and at least two separate heat exchangers. The heat exchangers can be operable to heat a liquid stream withdrawn from a distillation column to thereby provide predominantly vapor and/or liquid streams that can be reintroduced into the column.

Optimized heavies removal system in an LNG facility

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Mohan Chahal