White Paper: Eliminating H2S From Natural Gas Resources Launches Into The 21st Century

There are over 6 Quadrillion cu. ft. of natural gas reserves world-wide (the equivalent of 1.12 trillion barrels of oil). A considerable portion of this natural gas is stranded due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S). This contaminant renders the natural gas unsuitable for pipeline transport and commercial use. Every one percent (1 %) of successfully recovered and cleansed natural gas creates 240 Billion Dollars in value.

Current methods to eliminate H₂S from most natural gas sources use 19^th Century technology, requiring large and costly structures to isolate and concentrate the hydrogen sulfide, prior to its oxidation at very high temperatures. A final tail gas treatment is usually necessary to reduce residual acid gas to acceptable emissions levels. These processes are energy and raw material predatory and necessitate significant capital costs.

Recently developed Ionic Facilitated Remediation (IFR) (Patent Pending) scrubs hydrogen sulfide from natural gas at ambient temperatures and pressures. The process is regenerable and non-caustic, with aerial oxygen as the only consumable. It rapidly eliminates the several percent of hydrogen sulfide gas which contaminates much of the natural gas supply and may also be used to purify Syngas, also encumbered with hydrogen sulfide, a by-product to its formation. As such, Ionic Facilitated Remediation can also play an important roll in the conversion of coal to Syngas, a cleaner and cheaper alternative to oil.