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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christine Marie Long, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Daniel Chinn, Danville, CA (US);
Jinhua Bai, Katy, TX (US);
Russell E. Cooper, Martinez, CA (US);
Joshua A. Thompson, Martinez, CA (US);
Assignee:
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/02 (2006.01); C10G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/0214 (2013.01); C10G 7/00 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1025 (2013.01); C10G 2300/205 (2013.01); F25J 2220/60 (2013.01); F25J 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for removing elemental mercury from liquid natural gas comprising changing the stabilizer column operating conditions to beneficially transfer mercury from the stabilized condensate phase to the overhead gas phase, where it may be compressed and recycled with the gas going to the existing feed gas mercury removal units.