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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gunnar Henningsen, Richmond, TX (US);
Assignee:
The M. W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
518706 ; 518700 ; 518701 ; 518702 ; 518703 ; 518728 ; 252373 ;
Abstract
A plant and process for converting associated gas from crude oil to methanol at or near the wellhead. The process uses partial oxidation of the associated gas, direct quench, liquid phase methanol conversion wherein substoichiometric H.sub.2 :CO is converted to methanol, and a loop purge to a gas turbo generator to provide all of the plant power requirements. This results in avoiding a complex vapor phase, multiple reactor methanol loop and steam-catalytic reforming, and obtains a compact, low-cost, self-sufficient facility suitable for remote locations.