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All gasses have the capacity to hold water in a vapor state. This water vapor must be removed from the gas stream in order to prevent the formation of solid ice-like crystals called hydrates. Hydrates can block pipelines, valves and other process equipment. The dehydration of natural gas must begin at the source of the gas in order to protect the transmission system.
The source of the gas moved through the transmission lines may be producing wells or developed storage pools. Pipeline drips installed near well heads and at strategic locations along gathering and trunk lines will eliminate most of the free water lifted from the wells in the gas stream. Multi stage separators can also be deployed to insure the reduction of free water that may be present.
Originally posted by paxnatus
reply to post by incrediblelousminds
Yes, we will. I am in the process of setting additional testing up now. Thank you for your response. Glad that I was able to help clarify the correlation between the rain samples and a product of petroleum. I aprecciate your open mindedness on this matter. I will post and let everyone know as soon as testing has resumed.
Originally posted by paxnatus
reply to post by Dilligaf28
If you are asking did other rain samples we tested before show ecgonine methyl ester, the answer is I have no idea. This is the first time we ever tested rain samples.
Next, whether TEG came from the BP spill or another is irrelevant, what is it doing in the rain hundreds of miles from the gulf??? Our point was to conduct a study to show whether any chemicals were showing up in the rain period.
I have posted on several threads that I was attempting to set up a project in order to perform rain analysis of potential chemical compounds due to the gulf spill. The biggest problem I have faced thus far is finding a lab that has parameters in place to test for oil compounds and other chemical agents such as Corexit.
We did just that.
I hope that answers your questions for now any way.
Thanks,
Pax