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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Amsterdam, NL;
Arian Nijmeijer, Amsterdam, NL;
Cornelis Jacobus Smit, Amsterdam, NL;
Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Amsterdam, NL;
Arian Nijmeijer, Amsterdam, NL;
Cornelis Jacobus Smit, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate, comprising the steps of providing a nanofiltration membrane having a feed side and a permeate side; contacting the natural gas condensate with the feed side of the membrane; and obtaining a mercury-depleted natural gas condensate at the permeate side of the membrane; and a natural gas processing plant comprising a condensate workup section including a nanofiltration membrane separation unit for reducing the mercury content of natural gas condensate.