Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Removal of kinetic hydrate inhibitors
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Application No.: US15270710Application Date: 2016-09-20
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Publication No.: US11000778B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Megat A. Rithauddeen , Shadi I. Al-Adel , Ahmad Fadzil Mohammad
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B01D11/04
- IPC: B01D11/04 ; B01D17/02 ; B01D17/04 ; C02F1/02 ; C02F1/26 ; C02F1/52 ; C10G75/04 ; C02F101/30 ; C02F103/36 ; C02F101/32

Abstract:
A method includes receiving a water stream from a hydrocarbon production facility, the water stream having a first concentration of a kinetic hydrate inhibitor (KHI); flowing the water stream through a heat exchanger to heat the water stream to a target temperature; mixing the heated water stream with a treatment chemical to form a two-phase mixture, the treatment chemical having an affinity for the KHI; flowing the two-phase mixture into a separator; and physically separating the two-phase mixture into a first phase and a second phase, the first phase including water and having a second concentration of the KHI less than the first concentration, and the second phase including the KHI and the treatment chemical, the density of the second phase being less than the density of the first phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170080356A1 REMOVAL OF KINETIC HYDRATE INHIBITORS Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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