METHOD OF ASSOCIATED AND NATURAL GASES PROCESSING Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC C10L3/10 C10L3/00 C07C9/04 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the method of processing natural and associated petroleum hydrocarbon gases with increased content of heavy methane homologs to fuel gas by mixing hydrocarbon gas with oxygen or oxygen-containing gas in molar ratio carbon of heavy components: oxygen 10÷1:1 and direct partial oxidation of heavy components at 350-420°C and pressure of 10-40 bar to produce steam-gas mixture containing hydrocarbon gases, CO, oxygenates and H₂O, which is then mixed with oxygen or oxygen-containing gas to oxygen content of 2-5 vol. % and further oxidized in the presence of oxidation catalysts at the temperature below 350°C.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to create simpler and accessible method of processing associated oil and natural gases with increased content of methane homologs with production of fuel gas with high fuel characteristics and increase its yield.

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