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SO x emission and pollution control at Mellitah Gas Plant

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Abstract

Due to the increase of energy consumption, natural gas energy is becoming one of the most important sources to fulfil the world energy demand. However, normally the available raw natural gas is mixed with some heavy components such as C3 + and/or some impurities such as CO2, N2 and sulfur compounds (H2S and RSH). The raw gas should be treated in order to meet the international specifications and eliminate or at least minimize the emission of toxic and/or pollutant gases to the surrounding area. Mellitah Plant applies the latest technology in order to meet the international standards. In this paper, we will present the different process at Mellitah site in which we produce a clean natural gas for export and recover 99.8 wt% of associated sulfur compound with the raw gas and/or acid gas. The recovered sulfur is produced in liquid phase then dried for storage in solid phase. The solid sulfur is exported to international market. The emission control at Mellitah plant is optimized and controlled as per the latest available technology. The fuel gas utilized for all the process is completely clean gas; flue gas contains always less than 10 ppm of H2S. Therefore, the burned gas produced mainly CO2 and H2O with a trace amount of SO x . If SO x emission at Mellitah is compared to any other industrial complex in Libya or any other similar plant any elsewhere utilizing fuel oil and/or diesel oil then the Mellitah emission will be the lowest.

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Abbreviations

CFP:

Carbon foot print

TGT:

Tail gas treatment

SRU:

Sulfur recovery unit

LPG:

Liquefied petroleum gas

NGL:

Natural gas liquefied

C5 + :

Liquid hydrocarbon

C3 + :

HC heavier than propane

MDEA:

Methyl diethyl amine

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  1. Western Libya Gas Project, Mellitah Gas B. V. Libyan Branch, P. O. Box 31004, Azzawiyah, Libya

    Mohamed Hasan

  2. Mellitah Gas B. V. Libyan Branch, Azzawiyah, Libya

    Ahmed Gambri

  3. Oil Refining Co., Azzawiyah, Libya

    Adel Shibani

  4. University of Seventh of April, Azzawiyah, Libya

    Mohamed Abukshim

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10098-008-0184-1

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Hasan, M., Gambri, A., Shibani, A. et al. SO x emission and pollution control at Mellitah Gas Plant. Clean Techn Environ Policy 11, 133–135 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-008-0168-1

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