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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2015
Applicant:
GE Oil & Gas, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Scott Yount, San Antono, TX (US);
John Raymond Zigtema, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
GE Oil & Gas, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/02 (2006.01); C01B 31/20 (2006.01); C07C 7/00 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/0233 (2013.01); C01B 31/20 (2013.01); C07C 7/00 (2013.01); C10L 3/104 (2013.01); F25J 3/0209 (2013.01); F25J 3/0266 (2013.01); C01B 2210/0009 (2013.01); C10L 2290/10 (2013.01); C10L 2290/46 (2013.01); C10L 2290/543 (2013.01); F25J 2200/04 (2013.01); F25J 2200/70 (2013.01); F25J 2215/04 (2013.01); F25J 2230/08 (2013.01); F25J 2245/02 (2013.01); F25J 2260/20 (2013.01); Y02C 10/12 (2013.01); Y02P 20/152 (2015.11);
Abstract
A process that is configured for treating natural gas mixed with carbon dioxide (CO) in high concentrations of 30% mole by volume or more. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting a first feedstream comprising liquid natural gas (LNG) with a feedstock comprising methane to form an overhead product comprising methane vapor and a bottom product comprising carbon dioxide (CO). The embodiment can also comprise liquefying the methane vapor to form a LNG product and using the LNG product as the liquid natural gas (LNG) in the first feedstream.