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H2S in Crude Oil

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I'm looking for information on our how H2S is removed from crude oil at the loading ports. I've heard the terms "degassed" but I would like to know the mechanism. Also, how easily does H2S move from liquid phase(dissolved) to vapor phase.
 
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When we stabilized the crude oil to reduce its vapor pressure to the allowable limits prior to loading it on ships, we could also stabilize to a deeper depth and reduce the H2S to a few ppm when running crudes with more H2S.

All we used in Saudi Arabia was an absorber column (no condenser) with a fired reboiler. Crude was fed to the top tray and stabilized crude came off the bottom with a target tray temperature being maintained. Likely not the most energy efficient arrangement but that wasn't a major issue there. I don't remember the number of trays, it wasn't that many, 10 to 20 perhaps?
 
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