Formation, processing, transportation and storage of hydrates
CA 2368020 A1 · Owner: Taylor, Mark Raymond · Inventors: Smith, Gareth Richard; Brown, Richard Allen; Williams, Andrew Richard
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The present invention relates to economically advantageous methods of forming processing, transporting and storing fluids especially natural gas in the , form of solid crystalline gas hydrates. It has been found that fluid can be removed from a mixture of hydrate, liquid and optionally gas using a two stage fluid separation process in which a more efficient but generally more , expensive, fluid removing efficiency separation service is used for the second stage. A number of separation devices are also disclosed. A device for effectively and economically cooling substantially dry hydrate is also disclosed, as is a method for economically storing and transporting hydrate.
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- Filed March 15, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 15, 2020.
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