FIELD: oil and gas industry.
SUBSTANCE: cluster for natural gas processing with helium extraction includes a natural gas field containing helium, with productive wells, a gas processing plant with helium extraction from the natural gas, and the main gas line between the field and the plant with a set of booster compressor stations and outgoing pipelines for natural gas supply from the main line to turbines of the booster compressor stations, and to industrial and utility users of the natural gas as a fuel, wherein the gas processing plant is connected with a helium concentrate storage by an additional pipeline for the return to the storage of an excessive quantity of the helium concentrate.
EFFECT: reduced prime cost of associated and petroleum gas processing, including reduced power consumption for processing, increased degree of helium extraction, and simplified processing diagram.
6 cl, 2 dwg
