Method for reducing the inert gas fraction in methane-containing gaseous mixtures obtained from underground formations

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PATENT NO 5388641
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08147122

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A method for reducing the inert gas fraction volume percent present in a methane-containing mixture produced by injecting an inert gas into a solid carbonaceous subterranean formation is disclosed. The method reduces the inert gas fraction by suspending the injection of the inert gas or by reducing a rate of injection of the inert gas. Additional methods are disclosed in which the inert gas volume percent of a gaseous mixture produced from more than one well can be maintained below the inert gas volume percent present in a gas obtained from at least one of the wells.

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AMOCO CORPORATION200 EAST RANDOLPH DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60680

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Puri, Rajen Aurora, CO 22 4198
Seidle, John P Tulsa, OK 6 1403
Yee, Dan Tulsa, OK 14 2918

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