Patent ID: 8876960

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of collectors at a plurality of collection locations configured to collect sour gas wherein each collector is located at a site of a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir; a plurality of sweetening devices, each one of the sweetening devices located at each one of the plurality of collection locations and fluidly connected to one of the plurality of collectors to receive the sour gas from the collector, the plurality of sweetening devices configured to treat the sour gas with a sour gas-lean solvent to form a sweetened gas and a sour gas-rich solvent; a regeneration device remote from the plurality of collection locations and configured to deliver the sour gas-lean solvent to the plurality of sweetening devices wherein the regeneration device is at least 0.62 mile (1 kilometer) from the plurality of collection locations; and a first common pipeline configured to transport the sweetened gas from the plurality of sweetening devices to a gas processing plant remote therefrom and deliver the sour gas-rich solvent from the plurality of sweetening devices to the regeneration device for regeneration therein; wherein the plurality of sweetening devices are spaced along the length of the first common pipeline.