Vapor and Liquid Recovery Tower

1 . A method comprising:

flowing a liquid stream downwardly through a packing material within a vessel; and

flowing a gas stream upwardly through the packing material;

wherein the flowing steps cross-exchange the liquid stream with the gas stream to produce:

a vessel liquid output with a higher volume than the liquid stream; and

a vessel gas output with a lower volume than the gas stream.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

releasing entrained gas from the liquid stream.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

gravity feeding at least a portion of the vessel liquid output to a storage tank or to a liquid transfer pump.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

pumping at least a portion of the vessel liquid output to a storage tank or to a liquid transfer pump.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

dispersing the gas stream before flowing the gas stream through the packing material.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

separating a live crude oil to produce the liquid stream and the gas stream.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

separating a live crude oil into at least a separator oil output and a separator gas output;

flowing the separator oil output through a heater treater to produce the liquid stream; and

flowing the separator gas output through the heater treater to produce the gas stream.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the vessel liquid output comprises a vessel oil output.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

flowing a recirculating portion of the vessel oil output back through the packing material.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

flowing the vessel gas output through a vapor recovery unit (VRU) to produce a VRU gas output and a VRU oil output.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

flowing the VRU oil output through the heater treater; and

flowing a recirculating portion of the VRU gas output through the heater treater.

12 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

flowing a water stream through a second packing material in a second vessel to produce:

a VLRT water output;

a VLRT oil output; and

a VLRT gas output.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

producing the water stream during the separating step.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

flowing the separator oil output through the heater treater to produce the water stream.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

producing a first portion of the water stream during the separating step;

flowing the separator oil output through the heater treater to produce a second portion of the water stream; and

combining the first portion and the second portion to produce the water stream.

16 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

gravity feeding the VLRT water output to a water storage tank.

17 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

combining the VLRT oil output with the vessel liquid output to produce a combined liquid output; and

gravity feeding at least a portion of the combined liquid output to a storage tank.

18 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

combining the VLRT gas output with the vessel gas output to produce a combined gas output; and

flowing at least a portion of the combined gas output through a vapor recovery unit (VRU) to produce a VRU gas output and a VRU oil output.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

flowing a recirculating portion of the VRU gas output through the heater treater.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

combining at least a portion of the VRU gas output with the separator gas output to produce an end user gas output.