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Productivity in industry can depend on the efficiency of the equipment used. Efficiency can decrease because of corrosion and this can be exacerbated by CO2 which can cause acid gas. Moreover, CO2 can lessen the heating value of natural gas. One method to reduce the amount of CO2 is by absorption. Membrane contactor micro porous hydrophobic membranes have been favorable for absorption CO2 in gas-liquid membrane. Nano porous membrane contactors are identified to have high selectivity and high flux. Besides, with pore size of 2 – 5 nm this kind of membrane can perform as purification by transferring the mass of acid gas in large amounts. The membrane used here was spiral wound polyamide that is commercially common. Membrane contactors are better than conventional columns since they cause less flooding. This purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of CO2 absorption using amine solvent (tri-ethanol-amine). Keywords: CO2 Absorption, Mass Transfer, Nano Porous Membrane, Spiral Wound, Tri-ethanol-amine (TEA).