Strategy of rational development of Siberian platform high-quality helium resources
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About authors
- Ph.D. associate professor National Mineral Resources University (Mining University)
Abstract
A large gashelium geochemical province has been discovered in the south of the Siberian Platform. 36 fields containing commercially viable concentration of helium are found in Precambrian strata. Heliumsaving technologies of processing natural gas are impossible without solving a problem of storing extracted helium concentrate. It is advisable to build underground gas storage facilities in the Cambrian rock salt deposits. The main helium reserves are concentrated in natural gases of the Siberian Platform of the Russian Federation and in gases of the U.S. Mid-continent and the Rocky Mountains. Helium is transported to suppliers both in the gaseous and liquid state. Construction of the gas pipeline «Power of Siberia», which will run along the oil pipeline «Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean» in a single corridor, has begun. It is expedient to connect helium gas fields to a network of local gas pipelines and on their basis to create gas processing centers (Talakan-Chayanda, Kovykta, Yurubcheno-Tokhomo, Sobin-Paygin, etc.).
Область исследования:
Geology
Keywords:
helium
Siberian Platform
Cambrian rock salt
helium gas fields
helium-saving technology
storage of helium concentrate
underground gas storage facilities
gas pipeline «Power of Siberia»
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