PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS CONTAINING NITROGEN BY USING COOLED EXPANDED AND FLASHED GAS THEREFROM AS A COOLANT THEREFOR
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A LIQUEFACTION PROCESS FOR NATURAL GAS WHICH THE GAS IS INITIALLY LIQUEFIED AT HIGH PRESSURE, THE LIQUID IS EXPANDED AND COOLED AND THEN FLASHED TO GIVE A LOW PRESSURE LIQUID AND FLASH GAS, AND THE FLASH GAS IS RECIRCULATED TO COOL THE INCOMING GAS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PROCESS. THE RECIRCULATED FLASH GAS CAN BE COOLED BY COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION AND RE-INTRODUCED INTO THE SYSTEM AT VARIOUS POINTS INCLUDING THAT AT WHICH THE LIQUID GAS BEFORE FLASHING IS PRESENT.
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