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Numb numb, not all oil fields have H2S, It depends on the field dumbass.Not all natural gas has H2S, is this Chinese chemistry? I keep hearing about Chinese Physics @gambit and here you are the founding father of a new branch of fictional chemistry. H2S is always produced by anaerobic digestion of organic matter in the absence of oxygen - typical sub surface conditions that result in the formation of hydrocarbons. Natural gas with less than 4ppm of H2S is termed 'sweet gas'. Sweet gas still contain trace amount of H2S but its in low enough quantity to require no additional processing to remove H2S.
Another pearl of wisdom, 144 billion cubic meters of natural gas is flared each year. For context, this is nearly equal to Iran's annual production of natural gas @160 billion cubic meters. So I guess operators are two lazy or dumb to simply isolate "a few valves" and prevent waste of valuable natural resource in high demand. Wow, just wow I have no words to describe your high intellect.
What is gas flaring?
Gas flaring is the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction. The practice has persisted from the beginning of oil production over 160 years ago and takes place due to a range of issues, from market and economic constraints, to a lack of appropriate regulation and political will. Flaring is a monumental waste of a valuable natural resource that should either be used for productive purposes, such as generating power, or conserved. For instance, the amount of gas that is currently flared each year – about 144 billion cubic meters – could power the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Gas Flaring?
Gas flaring is the 160-year-old oil industry practice of wastefully burning associated gas, a common by-product that is extracted from reservoirs together with oil, typically from a flare stack located at an oil production site.www.worldbank.org
..hmmm 30 years ago there was no EOR, I suppose you mean Enhanced Oil Recovery. So you claim almost no one flares anymore because they "isolate a few values" and solve the problem; 'viola' no flaring. But according to world wide data, the amount of flaring has only declined 14% from 1996. But "Mr. I know, I'm in O N G" claims almost no one flares anymore, everyone re-injects by "isolating some valves". Who should I believe, real world data? Or, "Mr. I Know, I'm in O N G" - tough call.
If you're weren't in O N G, I'd say don't quit your day job, but in your case I'd make an exception.
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Sour crude contains hydrogen sulfide (H2S) while sweet oil doesn’t.
Usually, oil with H2S content above 0.5% is considered to be sour. I know this because I used to start the stripping system. I told you gas flaring is not allowed anymore, only a small quantity is allowed each year and capped due to greenhouse gas emissions.Nowadays, you only flare due to process anomalies and reinject back the gas into the field. EOR had only been popular for the past 10 years, before that 20 years ago, it was too expensive. I remember this EOR was the big word in the industry around when I changed my job. From your explanation of cutting and pasting, I know very well you have not been working in this industry. At most a process engineer in training. Lololol
There you go. You just explained the Hypocrisy. There is no security in Europe until all security concerns of All Europeans are taken into account. NATO is not Europe, its just the biggest bully.
We have an analyst doing full time oil and gas market analysis boy. You just graduated or something right? Or doing some postdoc? Hahaahahah
