Natural gas phase separation and mercury removal

Gas processing plants are integral parts of the natural gas value chain. They are generally located close to production sites, which are typically constituted of clusters of wells scattered across gas fields. The fluids coming out from these wells are “harvested” by means of gathering systems. The wellstreams collected by the gathering system are multi-phase streams comprising gas, liquid slugs of brine or free water, liquid hydrocarbons, corrosion inhibitors, methanol and other wellbore fluids. Since the produced brine and produced water are corrosive, since less energy to move separated single phases is required, and since processing gas, water and condensates separately is easier and les