PROCESSES FOR MIXING TWO OR MORE LIQUEFIED HYDROCARBON STREAMS

Abstract

A method for mixing two liquefied hydrocarbon streams. The method comprises pumping a stream of a first liquefied hydrocarbon to a first mixing point; pumping a stream of a second liquefied hydrocarbon to the first mixing point; and combining the first and second liquefied hydrocarbon streams at the mixing point in a volumetric ratio of the first to the second liquefied hydrocarbon stream in the range of 1:500, preferably 1:100, and up to 500:1 to provide a combined stream.The combined stream is provided from the first mixing point to a combined product storage vessel through combined ducts, under an operating pressure that is greater than the saturation pressure of the combined stream, at least while the combined stream travels from the first mixing point to the final valve immediately upstream of an inlet to the mixed product storage vessel.