US Patent:
20210079304, Mar 18, 2021
Inventors:
- Houston TX, US
Tran M. Nguyen - Houston TX, US
Jerry J. Weers - Richmond TX, US
Zhengwei Liu - Houston TX, US
Assignee:
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC - Houston TX
International Classification:
C10G 29/28
B01D 17/04
C10G 53/04
C10G 71/00
Abstract:
Metals, such as mercury, may be removed from aqueous, hydrocarbon, or mixed oilfield or refinery fluids by: applying a sulfur compound having the general formula HS-X, wherein X is a heteroatom substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and/or alkylaryl group either alone or in combination with or as a blend with at least one demulsifier, a buffering agent, a pour point depressant, and/or a water clarifier to chelate the at least one metal and form a chelate complex of the sulfur compound with the at least one metal and then separating the chelate complex from the fluid.