Paper Index: 1952 through 2005

2009

Fundamentals

Fundamentals - Separation
Susan Grigson, Kelley LaRue, and Greg Hanlon

Poster Sessions

An Overview on Gas Hydrate Early Warning System, Detection, Prevention & Control
B. Chandragupthan and Girishbabu Nounchi

Optimization of Unit Operations with Organic Sulfur in the Gas Feed (RSH, COS) to Meet the TGT Emission Limit
Kanagia Sabai Sabapathi and Abdullah Al Ajmi

Low CO2 Slip at a Northern Alberta Gas Sweetening Plant Using MDEA
Ed Lata and Chris Lata

Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference

Acid Gas Disposal Options in an Emerging CO2 Market
Kevin Taylor, Jane L. V. Nichols, and Johnny E. Johnson

TDL Analyzers for Gas Processing Applications
Sam Miller

Tray Hydraulic Operating Regimes and Selectivity
Ralph Weiland

Adsorption Alternative for Lean Gases Dew Point Control
María Laura Zoccante and Yanina Di Campli
 
Design and Troubleshooting of Acid Gas Injection Facilities at Regency's Waha and Tilden Sites
Kenneth E. McIntush, Carrie Ann M. Beitler, Charlie Wallace, David T. Miller, and Peter F. Ellis II

Perform Safe &Trouble-free Claus Sulfur Plant Start-ups
B. Gene Goar

Economical Option for CO2/Methane Separation in Produced Gas Containing a High CO2 Fraction
F. Patrick Ross, Kyle T. Cuellar, and Clay Midkiff

Liquids in Your Gas? - A Real Pain in the Compressor
Paul Tenison and Ralph Eguren

Is there Direct Oxidation of H2S to Sulfur?
Al Keller

Dealing with NORM at Shell Canada Limited's Jumping Pound Gas Plant
Jo Ann Tan and Denis Pelletier

Novel Approach for Enhanced H2S Recovery from Sour Water Strippers
Mukesh Kumar Sharma and Ashis Nag

Estimation of Glycol Contactor Performance Using Graphical Techniques
Robert A. Hubbard and Paul Clinton

TG 107 Low Temperature Tail Gas Treating Catalyst is Hot Stuff
Pierre p. Crevier, Eric Roisin, and Gerrit J. Bloemendal

Field Experience with a UV + TCD Analyzer and Application Specific Sample System for Amine Based Tail Gas Treating Units
Kevin Harris, Randy Hauer, and Byron Lewis

Carbon Capture as a Consideration in the Design of a Sour Natural Gas Plant
Christopher  M. Cunningham, Barry Friedman, Jeffrey S. Matthews and Timothy Miller

SO2 and CO2 Emission Control with CANSOLV SO2 and CO2 Capture Systems
Rick Birnbaum

Use of Caustic in a Short Contact Time Approach to Selectively Scrub H2S from CO2-Contaminated Gas Streams
Darryl L. Mamrosh, Carrie Ann M. Beitler, Kevin S. Fisher, Kenneth E. McIntush and Steve Stem

2008

Fundamentals – Dehydration
Ralph Eguren, Ardeshir Azodi, Michael Huffmaster, and Ralph Neumann

Poster Sessions

Claus Tail Gas Cleanup Can Now Be Better, Easier, and Less Expensive to Meet Federal EPA Regulations
B. Gene Goar and Steven F. Meyer

Suncor Energy Inc. Sulfur Wash
Ramn Toor and Jolene Balken

The DAP and STREP Processes for Acid Gas Removal, Acid Gas Enrichment, and Claus Tail Gas Treating
Vincent W. Wong, John Y. Mak, and Thomas K Chow

Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference

Experiences in the Operation of Dehydration and Mercury Removal Systems in LNG Trains
Jon M. Mock, Paul Hahn, Ram Ramani, and David Messersmith

What’s in Your Dehydrated Gas?
Carlos Quant and Mike Brisco

Strategies for Effective Natural Gas Treatment with Adsorbents
P.S. Northrop and Narasimhan Sundaram

Necessity is the Mother of Invention A Versatile Design for a Dew Point Control Plant
Martin Raventos, Pablo Luraschi, Mariela Arduino, and Marco Bergel

Operational Experience with Accelerated MDEA Solvents in CO2 Removal Applications
James C. Thomas and Adam Bradley

Selecting Elastomers for Gas Treating Service
Lawrence R. White and Frank Rodriguez

Amine Unit’s Improvements at the Aruba Refinery
Rubiëla Lampe-Chiquito and Cedric Charles

Economic Evaluation Techniques Applied to Heat Stable Salt Management
Andy Sargent

Catalytic Oxygen Removal for the Aberdeen Coal Mine Methane Project in Carbon County, Utah
Gary L. Trotter and Q. Zane Rhodes II

Power Plant CO2 Capture Overview
Tom Guenther

Logical Application of CO2 as a Refrigerant In Reducing Capital Costs and Enhancing Plant Operating Economics
Krishna Chokkarapu

Acid Gas Enrichment – Maximizing Selectivity
Ralph H. Weiland

Minimum Downtime, Maximum Sulfur Recovery - Online Replacement of SUPERCLAUS® Catalyst at the EcCana Sexsmith Gas Plant
Michael Dembicki and Gerton Molenaar

Stranded No More – Turning Sour Casinghead Gas Into Profits Using Shell-Paques® Bio-Desulfurization
Al Lanning, Michael O’Brien, and David Mirdadian

Operational Flexibility of a Two Bed Sulphur Recovery Unit
Elizabeth M. La and John R. MacLean

A Review of TEG-Water Equilibrium Data and it’s Effect on the Design of Glycol Dehydration Units
Paul Clinton, Robert A. Hubbard, and Hitesh Shah

Use of Modeling to Optimize Severe Duty Natural Gas Dehydrators
Henry (Hank) Rastelli and Julie Stiltner Shadden

Revised from 2007:
Sharing Best Practices for Optimization of Beavon Stretford TGUs

2007

Fundamentals – Sulfur Recovery
Elmo Nasato, Nate Hatcher, Michael Huffmaster and Thomas Chow

Operational Validation of the SPREX® Process for Bulk H2S Removal
Raphael Huyghe, Eric Lemaire, Fabrice Lecomte, Michel Deixonne and Hugues Lajeunesse

Cost Effective Natural Gas Conditioning: Twelve Years Experience of Membrane System Operation
William Echt and Jeff Cook

Shell-Paques® Bio-Desulfurization Process Directly and Selectively Removes H2S from High Pressure Natural Gas - Start-Up Report
Michael O'Brien, Craig Wentworth, Al Lanning and Tom Engert

The Sorbead™ Quick-Cycle Process for Simultaneous Removal of Water, Heavy Hydrocarbons and Mercaptans from Natural Gas
Michael Mitariten and Waldemar Lind

Saudi Aramco Eliminates Claus Catalyst Deactivation Caused by Aromatics Using Activated Carbon
Pierre Crevier, Abdulhadi Adab, Hassan BaAqeel, Ibrahim Hummam and Adel Misfer

Qatargas DIPA Losses Minimization Approach
Nasreddine  J. Hakim, Abdelkader Benmoulay and Frank Oehlschlaeger

Diglycolamine® Solvent Quality Improvement with Thermal Reclaiming
Don Daughton and Bob Veroba

Sharing Best Practices for Optimization of Beavon Stretford TGUs
Kenneth McIntush,  Nathan Hatcher, Jason Stavros, Timothy Andreatta and Brian Christlieb

Advances in Amine Reclaiming – Why There’s No Excuse to Operate a Dirty Amine System
Arthur Cummings, Glen Smith and Dennis Nelsen

Effects of the Temperature Bulge in CO2 Absorption from Flue Gas by Aqueous Monoethanolamine
Gary Rochelle and Hanne M. Kvamsdal

An Update of the FLUOR Solvent™ Process
John Mak, Dick Nielsen and Dave Schulte

Flammability of Mixtures of CO2 and Hydrocarbons
R. N. (Bob) MacCallum, Kenneth McIntush and Kevin Fisher

Troubleshooting Amine Plants Using Mass Transfer Rate-Based Simulation Tools
Jenny Seagraves and Ralph Weiland

Conversion of Sulfinol-D to MDEA at the Shell Canada Burnt Timber Facility
Ken Sourisseau, Jamie Grant and Mark Weiss

How Much CO2 Removal is Enough for NGL Recovery?
Hank Hudson, John Wilkinson, J.A. Anguiano, N. Beth Lousberg and Gaby Villegas

Successful Commissioning of CO2 Removal Facility in Gulf of Thailand
Guillermo Munoz, Alan Callison and Graham Davidson

High Performance Contaminant Resistant Membranes Minimize Pretreatment and Improve CO2 Removal Economics
Kaaeid Lokhandwala, Ankur Jariwala and Michael Malsam

2006

Poster Session

Sizing Coalescing Separators
Dani Fadda and James Jordan

Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference

Feasibility Study for a New Sour Gas Field Development
Justin Lamar, David Stevens, Mark Tonjes, Kay Wong, Bill Breckenridge, Jaroslaw Koneiczny

Low Temperature SCOT – A New Horizon in Tail Gas Treating
Steve Massie, Michael Huffmaster, and Patrick McGillycuddy

DEA Conversion to MDEA Based Solvent Results in Energy Savings and Increased
Treating Capacity at the Energy Transfer-LaGrange Gas Plant
Bryan Danmier, Kevin Roesler, and James Daughtry

Iron Sulphides – Friend or Foe?
Ben Spooner, Mike Sheilan, David Street, and Egbert vanHoorn

DynaWave Wet Gas Scrubbing: A New Alternative for Claus Unit Tail Gas Clean Up
Steve Meyer, Nick Watts and Ed Juno

Handling Trace Oxygen at the Saunders Gas Processing Facility
Tim Jordan, Paul Nozal, and Ardeshir Azodi

The KVT SULFOX Process – Production of Sulfuric Acid from Waste Gases
Gernot Amlacher and W. Kanzler

Amine Plant Waste Heat Recovery System
Thomas H. Russell and Derrick D. Oneal

Busting a Myth -- Analyzing the Effectiveness of Lean Amine / Sour Gas Differential Temperature Control
Al Keller, Nate Hatcher, Jim Thompsen and Justin Weatherford

SRU Tail Gas Catalyst Evaluation
John D. Corley

Only Ray Sour Gas Available for Engine Fuel? Proven Membrane Process Cleans Gas for Engines
Ankur Jariwala and Kaaeid Lokhandwala

A Comparison of Different Models for the Prediction of Acid Gas Solubility in Alkanolamine Solutions
P.J.G. Huttenhuis and G.F. Versteeg

Are Your Simulation Amines Too Clean?
Nate Hatcher, Al Keller, Ralph Weiland and M.S. Sivasubramanian

Improving Refinery Stretford Unit Operation by Removing the Sulfur Melter
Jason.A. Stavros

Experience with Debottlenecking of Gas Dehydration Plants
H.G. Polderman, G. Konijn, J.L. Nooijen, and D. Egger

Amine Reclamation with Minimal Operational Impact through Electrodialysis
Paul Parisi and Sid Bosen

Fundamentals

Fundamentals – Gas Sweetening
Rupert Wagner, Bill Judd, Elmo Nasato, and Michael Huffmaster