Explorations into sulphur absorbing compounds for applications in the oil & gas and related sectors

从石油和天然气威尔斯井和“酸性”水供应中生产含硫副产品是一个环境和经济问题。该研究项目研究了对环境无害但能够吸收和捕获这些危险和恶臭的硫化合物的新型材料。该工作的目标是改进目前在加拿大和国外经常使用的吸硫材料。本提案详细说明了Qwatro RoyalPak，Inc.的埃托比科克，ON（以下简称QRP）和部门。化学与生物学（瑞尔森大学）。PI正在申请资金，以启动一个项目，以探索和帮助评估QRP未发布的产品“H2Sorber”的新应用。本材料针对石油和天然气行业。该研究可以导致H2Sorber在减少石油衍生产品中的硫杂质方面的新应用。销售组合大幅增加的潜力，与QRP员工收购的增加有关，是这项研究的进一步好处。的 产品H2Sorber具有几个未知的特性，QRP需要了解这些特性，然后才能对其进行开发、测试和/或商业化以供一般使用。这些方面涉及其活性成分的性质和反应性特征。尽管是一种已知的工业材料，但活性成分的化学性质仍然未知。H2Sorber和硫基亲核试剂之间的反应速率同样是未知的。需要确定H2Sorber在实验室和现场条件下有效的浓度范围。这些关键问题必须在QRP向客户和潜在买家介绍H2Sorber的适用性之前得到回答。因此，研发项目将需要一个训练有素的 化学科学家在PI的密切监督下工作，以回答这些问题并向QRP提供所需的科学数据。这里雇用的人员可以是硕士水平的研究生或研究生硕士。博士具有动力学和/或油气测试经验的化学家或化学工程师;在PI的直接监督下工作，PI是该化学领域公认的专家。

The production of sulphur-containing by-products from oil and gas wells and "sour" water supplies is a concern both environmentally and economically. This research project investigates novel materials which are environmentally benign but are able to absorb and trap these dangerous and malodorous sulphur compounds. The goal of the work is to improve current sulphur-absorbing materials that are frequently used in Canada and abroad. This proposal details a collaborative effort between Qwatro RoyalPak, Inc. of Etobicoke, ON (hereafter referred to as QRP) and the Dept. of Chemistry & Biology (Ryerson University). The PI is applying for funding to initiate a project to explore and help evaluate new applications for QRP's unreleased product "H2Sorber". This material is targeted towards the Oil & Gas sector. The research can lead to novel applications of H2Sorber in reducing sulphur impurities in petroleum-derived products. The potential for a greatly increased sales portfolio, linked to an increase in employee acquisition at QRP, are further benefits of this research. The product H2Sorber has several unknown characteristics that QRP requires knowledge of before it can be explored, tested and/or commercialised for general use. These aspects concern the nature of its active ingredient and a profile of reactivity. Despite being a known industrial material, the chemical nature of the active ingredient remains unknown. The rates of the reaction between H2Sorber and sulphur-based nucleophiles is likewise unknown. The concentration range in which H2Sorber is effective under laboratory and field conditions, needs to be determined. These key questions must be answered before QRP can approach clients and potential buyers with the applicability of H2Sorber. Hence, the R&D project will entail a trained chemical scientist working under the close supervision of the PI to answer these questions and provide QRP with the required scientific data. The personnel employed here could be an M.Sc. level graduate student or a post-graduate M.Sc./Ph.D. level chemist or chemical engineer with experience in kinetics and/or oil & gas testing; working under direct supervision of the PI, a recognized expert in this field of chemistry.