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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Daniel Chinn, Danville, CA (US);
Brent A. Hetrick, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Nitesh Bhuwania, Richmond, CA (US);
Shabbir Husain, Houston, TX (US);
Sam J. Mishael, Bellaire, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing elemental sulfur production in a gas production plant that includes receiving produced fluids high in hydrogen sulfide, removing hydrogen sulfide and converting hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur in a Claus unit. An acid gas stream is diverted from a feed line to the Claus unit in the gas processing plant and directed to a multistage acid gas compressor. An elemental sulfur production rate is reduced without reducing a production rate of the produced fluids. The compressed acid gas stream can be injected into a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the gas production plant is integrated with an oil processing and gas injection plant.