Patent ID: 7377956

Claim:
A method of processing a natural gas containing a contaminant comprising the steps of: a) feeding said natural gas containing said contaminant to a rotary screw compressor; b) feeding a contaminant removing agent to said rotary screw compressor and permitting said contaminant removing agent to associate with said natural gas containing said contaminant within said rotary screw compressor; c) causing said rotary screw compressor to compress and process said natural gas containing said contaminant with said contaminant removing agent to produce a combination of a contaminant removing agent/contaminant mixture in a liquid phase and a compressed and processed natural gas in a gaseous phase; d) feeding said combination of said contaminant removing agent/contaminant mixture and said compressed and processed natural gas from said rotary screw compressor to a separator; e) causing said separator to separate said contaminant removing agent/contaminant mixture from said compressed and processed natural gas; f) recovering said compressed and processed natural gas from said separator; g) recovering said contaminant removing agent/contaminant mixture from said separator.