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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Daniel Chinn, Bay Point, CA (US);
Gordon R. Deppe, Clayton, CA (US);
Anne M. Helgeson, San Ramon, CA (US);
Shabbir Husain, Emeryville, CA (US);
Daniel Chinn, Bay Point, CA (US);
Gordon R. Deppe, Clayton, CA (US);
Anne M. Helgeson, San Ramon, CA (US);
Shabbir Husain, Emeryville, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and process for producing synthetic crude oil from produced fluids of an oil well is disclosed. The system comprises a separation plant for producing an associated gas stream from produced fluids a membrane unit comprising a plurality of polymer membranes to provide a COenriched permeate stream and a COdepleted product gas stream, a gas conversion plant for converting the COdepleted product gas stream into a synthetic crude oil and a heat exchanger adding heat to the associated gas stream so that the membrane unit operates at a temperature of at least 80° C. during separation of the associated gas stream using the membrane unit. A process using the aforementioned components, including separation of the associated gas stream using the membrane unit at a temperature >80° C., into a COenriched stream and a COdepleted product stream, is also described.