Evonik's membrane technology helps oil industry reduce natural gas air-fuel and carbon dioxide emissions

Evonik is helping the oil industry reduce natural gas flaring through innovative PuraMem® VOC membrane separation technology, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and supporting the "ZeroRoutineFlaringby2030" initiative proposed by the World Bank
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Converts flared associated natural gas into valuable energy

A large amount of associated gas will be produced in the process of oil production.
For this reason, oil companies and government departments spend a lot of money to collect these gases and use them as energy as much as possible
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However, due to economic or technical constraints, many associated gases can only be burned off
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Such gases usually contain more heavy hydrocarbons (ie, high C3+ content) and cannot be used at the wellhead
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The World Bank's "Partnership in Reducing Global Natural Gas Flaring" report pointed out that the global annual natural gas flaring volume is about 140 billion cubic meters, which emits more than 300 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
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Evonik's PuraMem® VOC membrane separation technology is a safe and efficient way to treat heavy hydrocarbons with minimal equipment operating costs
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This membrane product separates heavy hydrocarbons into natural gas liquids (NGL), water and hydrogen sulfide, producing a clean gas stream that can be used for power generation without flaring
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The recovered NGL can be converted into liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
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Iordanis Savvopoulos, head of Evonik's Fiber, Foam and Separation Membranes product line, said: "Our innovative membrane technology can be used in many single processing points, thereby helping customers in the energy industry to improve efficiency and reduce emissions
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Considerable sustainable benefits
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PuraMem® VOC is a spiral wound membrane based on Evonik's high-performance polymers that is durable and maintains high selectivity for long periods of time in harsh operating environments
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PuraMem®VOC is specially designed for good application flexibility, easy retrofit and high adaptability to existing infrastructure
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The 8-inch diameter standard size and flexible fitting system ensure that the PuraMem®VOC is plug-and-play and easily integrated into existing system installations
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Technologies to Support the World Bank's Zero Air Fuel 2030 Initiative

The World Bank's Zero Air Fuel 2030 Initiative urges governments and oil companies to completely ban air fuel by 2030
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The main objective of the initiative is to promote the cooperation of various stakeholders to effectively promote alternatives to natural gas flaring through sound regulation, technical application and financial support
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