Change your H2S wastes into profits instead of costs
Operators are faced with several major challenges when producing gas containing Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S). These include safety, environmental, regulatory, and operational concerns.
In order to have the very toxic and highly corrosive Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) removed from gas and crude oil streams, H2S removal is required by means of liquid or solid (fixed-bed) scavengers.
We want to underline the risks of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) before we discuss the earnings instead of disposal costs.
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Dangers
Sour gas constituents in natural gas, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), create special challenges when removal is required to meet final product specifications.
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is a very toxic, extremely flammable / explosive, and a highly corrosive compound with a rotton egg odor which needs to be removed from hydrocarbon and CO2 streams before they can be safely used by industry and households.
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is a very toxic, extremely flammable / explosive, and a highly corrosive compound with a rotton egg odor which needs to be removed from hydrocarbon and CO2 streams before they can be safely used by industry and households.
The corrosive nature of the H2S affects plant equipment and pipework, and along with organo-Sulphurs species can cause downstream catalyst poisoning, costing industry billions of dollars per year in lost production.
Acute health effects of H2S exposure
Exposure can vary from upper-airway irritation, chest pain, dizziness to seizures, lung injury, coma an death.
Short term health effects of H2S exposure
Eye, nose, and throat irritation are the most typical short-term health effects that the majority of people encounter.
This is largely due to the fact that the primary methods of H2S exposure are either inhalation or skin or eye contact.
Inhalation can also cause nausea, vomiting, and lightheadedness.
People frequently feel a mild frostbite-like sensation when H2S is in a liquid state and comes into contact with their skin.
This could eventually result in tissue deterioration, blistering, and burning.
Long term health effects of H2S exposure
Long-term consequences of H2S exposure may be disastrous.
Contact with the eyes has the potential to cause long-lasting harm, including blindness.
A life-threatening situation, like pulmonary edema, can result from inhalation.
Other lung conditions include the onset of asthma or persistent chest tightness, breathlessness, or other respiratory-related problems.
Additionally connected to nervous system issues, exposure can lead to personality changes, memory loss, dementia, delirium, irritability, and general lack of focus. If people have been exposed to high concentrations of the gas, it may also cause a loss of smell.
Profits instead of disposal costs
Some Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) absorbents can be fully reprocessed.
Vargas Hazardous Waste Solutions provides fully integrated H2S Waste Management Solutions and solves the complicated issues regarding survey, handling, storage, export, and disposal/treatment.
These unique partnerships are the answer to every HS2 Waste Situation in Asia.
Vargas can immediately mobilize HazMat Specialists in case of spills, incidents, surveys, and can arrange complete Hydrogen Sulfide Decontamination, Surveys (XRF and Jerome Meter), Handling, Packaging, Storage, Export, Mercury Treatment and Disposal. Hassle free.
Once saturated, spent H2S contaminated absorbent can be transported to one of Vargas’ Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility partners for treatment and recovery.
Metals and Sulphur are recovered, and remaining materials are used in the production of building materials.
There is no landfill because of this process and no harmful emissions to air. Instead of high disposal costs, Vargas could turn your H2S contaminated waste (spent H2S scavenger media) into a profit.
Vargas Hazardous Waste Solutions provides fully integrated H2S Waste Management Solutions and solves the complicated issues regarding survey, handling, storage, export, and disposal/treatment.
Vargas has exclusive partnerships with licensed waste disposal facilities, well-trained and experienced Asian HazMat Rapid Response Teams and with the largest South East Industrial Cleaning companies.
These unique partnerships are the answer to every HS2 Waste Situation in Asia.
Vargas can immediately mobilize HazMat Specialists in case of spills, incidents, surveys, and can arrange complete Hydrogen Sulfide Decontamination, Surveys (XRF and Jerome Meter), Handling, Packaging, Storage, Export, Mercury Treatment and Disposal. Hassle free.
H2S removal & Nitrogen gas
The Oil & Gas industry uses liquid scavengers or fixed-bed (solids) scavengers to remove the Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) under Nitrogen gas conditions/environment.
Due to its poisonous, explosive, flammable and corrosive properties, Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is extremely dangerous to have it disposed of on a landfill and can have very serious - possibly lethal, environmental, and legal (liabilities) - consequences.
Nitrogen is an inert gas that prevents the flammable gases from igniting and thus eliminates the risk of explosion.
Once the H2S has been separated from the crude oil, natural gas, condensates, NGL, LNG, propane, butane and naphtha’s, this H2S becomes a waste product that can be disposed of in a safe and sound manner, accordance to the (inter)national standards for safe and sound disposal of hazardous waste by accredited and licensed Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities.
Due to its poisonous, explosive, flammable and corrosive properties, Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is extremely dangerous to have it disposed of on a landfill and can have very serious - possibly lethal, environmental, and legal (liabilities) - consequences.
Vargas solves your Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Waste issues and reduce your waste disposal costs and liabilities.
Liquid and Solid H2S removal methods
While in most cases the term “absorbent” is used, technically a solid scavenger is an “adsorbent”.
Liquid H2S Scavengers
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The industry generally uses either a liquid H2S scavenger or a solid (fixed bed) scavenger to reduce H2S levels to meet pipeline specifications and the safety requirements of industry and households.
Liquid H2S Scavengers
Liquid scavengers for H2S removal are typically triazine based chemicals.
A Triazine based H2S scavenger is very efficient in removing corrosive and poisonous H2S from liquid and/orgasphases and its offensive smell of rotten egg.
Once this H2S contaminated liquid has to be replaced (changeout), the contaminated H2S liquid must be disposed of (treated).
Solid H2S Scavengers
Many Gas Processing facilities have fixed beds of chemical absorbents on shore for H2S removal.
Fixed beds of absorbents for H2S removal are attractive due to their ease of operation and their environmental friendliness. They selectively remove the H2S from the hydrocarbon feed with no loss of Feedstock.
Let Vargas solve your complex toxic Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Waste issues and reduce your waste disposal costs and liabilities.