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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Jianzhong Yang, Missouri City, TX (US);
Matthew T. Barnes, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph L. Stark, Richmond, TX (US);
Jianzhong Yang, Missouri City, TX (US);
Matthew T. Barnes, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph L. Stark, Richmond, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for removing a sulfur species from a stream selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon stream, an aqueous stream, and mixtures thereof is disclosed herein, which may include introducing a treating mixture into the stream. The treating mixture may include a compound of the general formula selected from the group consisting of: or combinations of compound (I) or compound (II). Rmay be a C-Chydrocarbyl group that is saturated, unsaturated, cyclic or branched, or may contain a heteroatom. 'A' may be an oxygen atom or a methylene group. Rmay be a C-Chydrocarbyl group that may be saturated, unsaturated, cyclic or branched, or may contain a heteroatom(s) other than C and H. The treating mixture may reduce the reactive sulfur species in the stream. The sulfur species reduced from the stream may be hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, polysulfides, or combinations thereof.