UOP SeparexTM Membrane Technology

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Agenda

Membrane Technology Overview Pretreatment Options Flow Scheme Options Commercial Experience

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Regions of Use for Acid Gas Technologies

Partial pressure of acid gas in feed, psia

1000

SeparexTM Membrane

100

10

1.0

0.1 0.001

0.01

0.1

1.0

10

100

Partial pressure of acid gas in product, psia

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What Is a Membrane?
A semi-permeable film of various: Materials: Cellulose Acetate (CA), Polyimide (PI), Polyamide, Polysulfone, Silicone Types: Asymmetric or Composite Construction: Spiral-Wound or Hollow Fiber

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Asymmetric Membranes

Non-porous Layer Non-porous

Single polymer Thin selective layer Porous support layer

Porous Layer

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Composite Membrane Structure

Composite Membranes Two or more polymers Thin layer of highly optimized polymer Mounted on an asymmetrical structure Highly tailored properties at low cost

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Membrane Elements - Spiral Wound

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Spiral Wound Membrane Element and Tube

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Hollow Fiber Membranes

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Separex Membranes
Not A Filtration Process Solution-Diffusion Based Separation Process
Components dissolve into membrane surface and diffuse through it More soluble components permeate quicker
Hydrocarbons, N2 High Pressure Low Pressure
Fast Slow

CO2, H2S, H 2O

Membranes are characterized by permeability (flux) and selectivity

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Driving Force A pressure differential across the membrane High Pressure M M (Feed) e e m m b b PCO22 CO PCO22 CO r r a a Low Pressure n (Permeate) n e e

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Separex Membranes Regions of Use

Flow Rates: Economical only for > 5 MMSCFD Feed Pressure: Up to ~ 2,000 psiA (138 barA) Permeate Pressure: Typically below ~50 psiA (3.5 barA) p (FeedPermeate): 1,500 psi max (100 barA) Feed Temperature: 60 to 150F (16 to 65C)

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Agenda

Membrane Technology Overview Pretreatment Options Flow Scheme Options Commercial Experience

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Pretreatment Design Considerations

Feed Composition
CO2 Content or Percentage of CO2 Removal Heavy Hydrocarbons

Feed Contaminants
Compressor Oils Well Additives Pipeline Corrosion Inhibitors

All Membranes Require Some Form of Pretreatment

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Standard Pretreatment

Feed

Filter Coalescer

Heater

NonRegenerative Absorbent Bed

Particle Filter

Membrane

Removes feed contaminants such as lube oil and corrosion inhibitor It is not meant for removal of heavy HC tail as in very rich feed gas
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Enhanced UOP MemGuard Pretreatment

Feed

Filter Coalescer

MemGuard Regenerable Adsorbent System

Heater

Particle Filter

Membrane

Regenerable adsorbent unit replaces the nonregenerative absorbent bed Provides efficient dew point depression Can deal with varying levels of feed gas contaminants
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MemGuard Flow Scheme

Clean Gas
Regen Gas Blower Adsorbing Bed(s) Regen Heater Regen Gas Cooler Regen Gas Separator

Feed
Filter Coalescer Particle Filter Regenerating Bed

Liquids

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MemGuard System Performance

700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Pretreatment Feed Gas Pretreatment Discharge Gas

Hydrocarbon Content, ppm

C6

C7

C8

C9+

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Benefits of MemGuard System

Selectively removes heavy HC tail and hence can provide efficient dew point depression MemGuard product gas is bone dry which allows use of carbon steel metallurgy If permeate gas is to be sequestrated, additional dehydration is typically not required

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Agenda

Membrane Technology Overview Pretreatment Options Flow Scheme Options Commercial Experience

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Flow Scheme Options

1 Stage 2 Stage PreMembrane Hybrid

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Flow Schemes
Residue Residue
(Low H2S/CO2)

Feed Permeate
(High H2S/CO2)

Feed

No moving parts Simple, reliable operation Low hydrocarbon recovery

Permeate

Allows greater CO2 removal High hydrocarbon recover Requires recycle compressor
Residue

Feed

Feed with high CO2 Intermediate hydrocarbon recovery Reduced compression

Permeate
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Hybrid
Single Stage Membrane
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Treated Gas

Amine System
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To Acid Gas Cooler

Reflux

Feed To Boiler

Filtration System
To/From Amine Reboiler

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Debottleneck existing plants or reduce Amine unit size Allows high CO2 removal, low ppm of CO2 & H2S as in LNG production Can minimizes capital and operating costs

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Effect of CO2 Removal

Relative Area Requirement
4 3
One Stage System Multistage System

100

90

80 70 60 100

1 0 0 20 40 60 80

% CO2 Removed
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% Hydrocarbon Recovery (1 Stage)

Effect of Number of Stages

Hydrocarbon Retention 100% 95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
One Stage Two Stage

Percentage CO2 Removal

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Effect of Feed Pressure on Performance

2.0 Relative Area or Losses 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.0 400
Hydrocarbon Losses

Membrane Area

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Feed Pressure, psia

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Effect of Permeate Pressure on Performance

3.0 Relative Area or Losses 2.6 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.6 0 40 80 120 160 Permeate Pressure, psia
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Membrane Area

Hydrocarbon Losses

Effect of Feed Temperature on Performance

1.6 Relative Area or Losses 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 70
Membrane Area Hydrocarbon Losses

90

110

130

150

170

Operating Temperature, F
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Agenda

Membrane Technology Overview Pretreatment Options Flow Scheme Options Commercial Experience

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Separex Membranes : A Proven Technology

World-Scale Processing Plants Delivered as Modular Packaged Equipment Advanced Pretreatment Demonstrated to Improve Element Life Off-shore Experience

Large Separex Membrane Projects

Ease of Operation Remote Plants
CO2 Inlet 7% 6.5% 12% 70% 50% 6.7% 6.8% 9% 40% 44% 40% 17% CO2 Outlet 2% 2% 3% 5% 20% 3% 3% 3% 20% 8% 21% 5% Thailand * Egypt Indonesia S.America * Spain Tunisia*
In Construction

Location Nigeria Pakistan Pakistan Mexico Thailand * Egypt Egypt Egypt Indonesia Malaysia * Thailand * Thailand

MMSCFD 200 550+450 240 120 32 107 218 234 254 680 620 163

520 117 46 176 981 34

35% 9% 38% 25% 5% 65%

10% 3% 4% 5% 2.5% 6%

* Offshore
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Pakistan II Overall Layout

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Pakistan II Expansion Skids

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Pakistan II MemGuard System

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Egypt I Plant Layout

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Egypt I Plant 2nd-Stage Membrane Skid

Carbon Guard Bed

2nd Stage Membrane

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Recent Project Offshore

Feed Flow, MMSCFD CO2, mol% Mercury, g/Sm3 Water, lb/MMSCFD 630 44.5 40 max Saturated

Product 350 <8.0 <5 <5

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Hydrocarbon Recovery: 95%

SE Asia Platform I

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Optimized Layout & Packing Density

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Installed SE Asia MemGuard System

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Opinion of our Customers

GPA 2007
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Separex Technology Summary

Modular supply advantages
High degree of shop fabrication Minimized installation time & cost

Phased in expansion for future capacity or CO2 increase Weight and space efficiency Easy to start-up, operate, turndown and shutdown High reliability and on-stream time
Low maintenance requirements

Lowest processing cost (~ $ 0.09/MSCF) Membranes are excellent dehydrators Advanced pretreatment and materials Membranes operate in gas phase (no flammable liquids, refrigerants or chemicals) Meets API-521 RP for system inventory blowdown during ESD
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Separex Technology Summary

Synergies with other UOP technologies with one system wide performance warranty Unparallel capabilities
UOP manufactures its own membranes Membrane and Pretreatment development program Supply of continually improved membranes

Extensive commercial experience Long-term proven commitment

Ongoing operational support Remote process monitoring

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