Newpoint Gas has experience with all types of H2S scavengers, including liquids, solids and catalysts. Choosing the right hydrogen sulfide scavenger requires weighing a wide variety of factors, and each opportunity may call for a completely different approach. Newpoint's experience ensures the best scavenger option is chosen for the job.
The primary concern in every project involving hydrogen sulfide is always safety. Using an H2S scavenger in a facility designed by Newpoint chemically changes the deadly gas into a harmless compound that can be disposed of easily, safely and in an environmentally sound manner. Batch treating for hydrogen sulfide reduces facility operating costs and eliminates the risks associated with H2S removal from natural gas.
With the many choices and high operating costs characteristic of many technologies, companies face a difficult choice in selecting the right sulfur removal system and hydrogen sulfide scavenger. Newpoint can assist in making that choice based on our extensive experience.
Use of H2S scavengers by the natural gas industry has grown significantly, especially where conventional amine treating is not economically feasible. For years, iron sponge type processes were widely used to treat sour gas. Growing concern over the environmental impact of disposing of spent material, along with labor costs for replacement, has increased the number of scavengers offering better disposal properties.
Gas operators are developing reservoirs with increasing amounts of hydrogen sulfide in the gas and oil. Hydrogen sulfide is a poisonous gas that is heavier than air, is highly corrosive to well and surface equipment, can be a hazard in tanks that contain liquids, and usually must be reduced to very low levels, less than 4 ppm, to meet sales specifications.
Hydrogen sulfide scavenger systems require a minimum amount of equipment to treat gas to pipeline specifications. Typically, two contactors are arranged in either a parallel or lead and lag flow arrangement. The lead and lag option allows more efficient use of the scavenger and adds flexibility in scheduling scavenger replacement.
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