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A wellhead gas recovery system and method for the generation of power from wellhead gas is provided. A gas conduit is used to direct wellhead gas from a wellhea d casing or wellhead bore to a stirling engine where the wellhead gas is used as the fue l source for the stirling engine. The wellhead gas is ignited and the burning wellhead ga s is used as the heat source for the stirling engine. The thermal energy from the burning wellhead gas is converted transferred into motion by the stirling engine and the output o f the stirling engine can be used to drive devices at the wellsite, generate electricity or other use.
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