PORTABLE GAS-TO-LIQUIDS UNIT AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING NATURAL GAS AT REMOTE LOCATIONS

摘要

A method and apparatus for converting natural gas from a remote source intohydrocarbon liquid stable at room temperature, comprising a skid or trailer-mountedportable gas-to-liquids reactor. The reactor includes a preprocessor whichdesulfurizes and dehydrates the natural gas, a first-stage reactor whichtransforms thepreprocessed natural gas into synthesis gas, and a liquid productions unitusing aFisher-Tropsch or similar polymerization process. The hydrocarbon liquid maybestored in a portable tank for later transportation or further processed onsite in aportable hydrocarbon cracking unit to yield fuel or lubricating oils.