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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
Neil Meldrum, Houston, TX (US);
Doug S. Jack, Ponca City, OK (US);
Marc J. Ledoux, Strasbourg, FR;
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
Neil Meldrum, Houston, TX (US);
Doug S. Jack, Ponca City, OK (US);
Marc J. Ledoux, Strasbourg, FR;
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for natural gas in the form, e.g., of stranded gas or associated gas to transportable liquids. More particularly, the present invention provides a process in which the gas is non-oxidatively converted to aromatic liquid, preferably in proximity to the welihead, which may be onshore or offshore. In one aspect, the present invention provides integration of separation of wellhead fluids into associated gas and crude with blending of the aromatic liquid derived from the gas with the crude. Alternatively, or in combination, in another aspect, the present invention provides integration of conversion of byproduct hydrogen to power with non-oxidative conversion of gas to aromatic liquid.