The CEO of an Iranian knowledge-based company based in the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) announced the cooperation with Isfahan Oil Refinery in order to build a reactor for separating associated petroleum gas (APG) using the amine absorption method.

Vahid Reza Dehnavi, the CEO of this knowledge-based company, said: “The projects defined in this company with the application of the knowledge produced in the RIPI are aimed at meeting the Iranian technological needs. Therefore, this company was able to create a type of reactor for the separation of APG using the amine absorption method in the first step.”

According to the Information Center of the Iranian Scientific Vice-Presidency, he stated that this reactor was evaluated and approved by the RIPI in 2024. He added: “APGs have a very low pressure, and special equipment is needed to collect and process them. This reactor has the ability to process APG with atmospheric pressure, which has solved the biggest problem of APGs.”

Referring to the signing a memorandum between Isfahan Oil Refinery and this knowledge-based company, Dehnavi noted: “According to this memorandum, the reactor produced in order to recover flue gases from one of the operational units of Isfahan Oil Refinery will be operated in this refinery for the next month.”

APG is a form of natural gas that is found with petroleum deposits either as a solution in the crude oil prior to entering the production unit or as a free "gas cap" above petroleum in a petroleum reservoir.