Element 1 Corp

Proteum Energy, LLC

Jason S Steill

David J Edlund

Scott V Johnson

David Leigh Grottenthaler

Michael R Johnson

Charles Robert Rapier

Robert Terry Kennon

Dean C Hoaglan

Kenneth Losch

Adam Smith

Jay K Neutzler

Steven K Eddy

A volume of natural gas including a volume of methane and a volume of other alkanes may be cleaned of the other alkanes using a steam reformer system to create synthesis gas.

Method and system for converting associated gas

Refining assemblies and methods for refining rich natural gas containing a first methane gas and other hydrocarbons that are heavier than methane gas are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assemblies may include a methane-producing assembly configured to receive at least one liquid-containing feed stream that includes water and rich natural gas and to produce an output stream therefrom by (a) converting at least a substantial portion of the other hydrocarbons of the rich natural gas with the water to a second methane gas, a lesser portion of the water, and other gases, and (b) allowing at least a substantial portion of the first methane gas from the rich natural gas to pass through the methane-producing assembly unconverted. The assemblies may additionally include a purification assembly configured to receive the output stream and to produce a methane-rich stream therefrom having a greater methane concentration than the output stream.

Refining assemblies and refining methods for rich natural gas

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Jason S Steill