Process and apparatus for the production of hydrocarbon compounds from methane

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PATENT NO 8455555
APP PUB NO 20110257276A1
SERIAL NO

13007462

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Higher molecular weight hydrocarbon compounds or oxygenates are produced from a gas comprising methane in a process comprising the steps of generating synthesis gas (“syngas”) comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reaction of a gas comprising methane with steam and/or an oxidant gas comprising oxygen, producing higher molecular weight hydrocarbon compounds or oxygenates in a syngas conversion process, removing offgas comprising unreacted hydrogen and unreacted carbon monoxide from said syngas conversion process and separating cryogenically unreacted hydrogen from said offgas or from a gas derived therefrom to produce separated hydrogen product that is substantially free of unreacted carbon monoxide and a first cryogenic liquid comprising unreacted carbon monoxide. The unreacted hydrogen is preferably separated from the offgas in a liquid methane wash column.

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NIQUAN ENERGY LLC1627 K STREET SUITE 901 WASHINGTON DC 20006

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Allam, Rodney Chippenham, GB 3 14
Byard, David B Woking, GB 2 13
Weaver, Andrew Walton-on-Thames, GB 21 446
White, Vincent Epsom, GB 49 1065

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