Patent ID: 8388747

Claim:
A system for processing produced gas, the produced gas including at least a hydrocarbon gas and waste material, said system comprising: heat exchanger means connected to receive said produced gas, said heat exchanger means being configured to cool said produced gas and to supply cooled produced gas at its output; first pipe means for transmitting said cooled produced gas, said first pipe means having an inlet connected to said output of said heat exchanger to receive said cooled produced gas and said first pipe means having an outlet connected to supply said cooled produced gas; processing means for separating said produced gas into a first stream that includes at least said hydrocarbon gas and a first portion of said waste material as a gas and a second stream that includes a second portion of said waste material, said processing means being connected to the said outlet of said first pipe means to receive said cooled produced gas, said processing means further having a first output to supply said first stream, and a second output to supply said second stream; second pipe means having an inlet connected to said first output of said processing means to receive said first stream and an output for supplying said first stream as a gas; a separator system connected to said output of said second pipe means, said separator system including a separation material which interacts with said first stream to extract said waste material therefrom to form a hydrocarbon stream as a first separator system output, said separation material and said waste material forming a waste material stream and said separator system being configured to separate said waste material stream into a stream of said separation material and a stream of waste material as a gas that is connected as a second separator output; a heat exchanger connected to said second separator output to receive said second separator output, said heat exchanger being operable to supply said second separator output as a gas for combination with said cooled produced gas, and said heat exchanger being connected for introduction of said second separator output as a gas into said processing means; and third pipe means for having an inlet connected to said processing means to receive said second stream and an outlet to supply said second stream as a second system output.