Abstract: A caddy for packaging and transporting shirred food casings. A caddy according to the present invention comprises a plurality of shirred food casings, each of the shirred food casings being generally cylindrical and of generally equal length and diameter, with the food casings being arranged in a plurality of generally adjacent but offset rows to form a stack. The stack includes a bottom wall, a top wall, and a plurality of sidewalls. The stack is further defined by a pair of outside rows and a plurality of inside rows. At least one of the inside rows is laterally offset relative to its adjacent rows to thereby form a recessed notch adjacent one of the sidewalls. The same row also forms a protruding casing on the side opposite of the notch. A vacuum sealed peripheral retaining film surrounds the stack to thereby retain the food casings in the stack.

Abstract: Gaseous hydrocarbon streams such as natural gas streams are acid gas depleted and reduced to pipeline specification moisture content using a single absorbent: a particular amino ethyl ether; in two steps providing in sequence, counter-current multi-stage absorption and at least one dehydrating contact stage with fresh absorbent at low temperature, to effect moisture removal down to 4 pounds of water per MMSCF of gas and even lower water content. The use of a single chemical as absorbent rather than two absorbents means lower capital investment and operating expense than heretofore required to get pipeline specification gas.