Mercury monitoring and removal at gas-processing facilities: Case study of salam gas plant

SPE Projects, Facilities and Construction

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ela, Mahmoud Abu El ^a   Mahgoub, Ismail ^b,c   Nabawi, Mostafa ^c   Azim, Mohamed Abdel Azim ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Agiba Petroleum Company   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Petroleum   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM CORROSION; GAS PLANTS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL);

ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; CASE-STUDIES; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; GAS PROCESSING; GAS PROCESSING PLANT; MERCURY CONTENT; MERCURY MONITORING; MERCURY REMOVAL; PETROLEUM COMPANIES; PROCESSING FACILITIES;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 79952337586     PISSN: 19422431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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