US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Dec. 2 for "Removal of mercury in a gas dehydration process using thermally stable chemical additives" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,383, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Removal of mercury in a gas dehydration process using thermally stable chemical additives" was invented by Joshua A. Thompson (Martinez, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to the removal of mercury in a gas dehydration process using thermally table chemical additives. In the process a complexing agent is added to a recirculated glycol solvent as part of the glycol solution feed to the dehydration liquid contactor and recirculated continuously with the glycol solvent. The complexing agent selectively reacts with mercury...