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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Robert Klein Nagel Voort, The Hague, NL;
Wouter Jan Meiring, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Robert Klein Nagel Voort, The Hague, NL;
Wouter Jan Meiring, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a hydrocarbon stream such as natural gas comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing a hydrocarbon feed stream (); (b) passing the feed stream () through a first separation vessel () to provide a first gaseous stream () and a first liquid stream (); (c) passing the first gaseous stream () from step (b) through a high pressure separation vessel () to provide a second gaseous stream () and a second liquid stream (); (d) maintaining the pressure of the first gaseous stream () between step (b) and step (c) within +10 bar; (e) passing the first liquid stream () of step (b) through a stabilizer column () to provide a third gaseous stream () and a stabilized condensate (); and (f) feeding the second liquid stream () from step (c) into the stabilizer column ().