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Patent No.:

US 8926737 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Arnab Chatterjee, Amsterdam, NL;

Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters, Amsterdam, NL;

Ronald Jan Schoonebeek, Amsterdam, NL;

Eri Ito, Amsterdam, NL;

Inventors:

Arnab Chatterjee, Amsterdam, NL;

Carolus Matthias Anna Maria Mesters, Amsterdam, NL;

Ronald Jan Schoonebeek, Amsterdam, NL;

Eri Ito, Amsterdam, NL;

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/14 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 53/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/8603 (2013.01); B01D 53/1487 (2013.01); C10L 3/10 (2013.01); B01D 2257/306 (2013.01); B01D 2258/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a process for purifying natural gas, comprising removing mercaptans from a natural gas stream by a combination of an amine-based separation unit and a selective oxidation unit to obtain a purified natural gas stream, wherein at least part of the mercaptans are converted into at least elemental sulphur in the selective oxidation unit by selective catalytic oxidation.


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