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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Jagrut Jani, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Tran M. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Jerry J. Weers, Richmond, TX (US);
Zhengwei Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Metals, such as mercury, may be removed from glycol fluids by applying a sulfur compound having the general formula HS—X, wherein X is a heteroatom-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and/or alkylaryl group either alone or in combination with or as a blend with at least one antifoam additive, at least one demulsifier and/or a buffering agent, to chelate the at least one metal and form a chelate complex of the sulfur compound with the at least one metal and then separating the chelate complex from the fluid.