Description:

Extraction of helium or methane from the sea bottom, the separation of gas from sea water is possible on the shore or on the sea. The apparatus, is provided with a filter room connected through a conduit (B) and a valve (27) to a separator (C) situated onshore and provided with an horizontal plate which partially separates some spaces (a) and (b), separator (C) which is connected through a conduit (5) to a turbocompressor (D). The sea water accumulated into the space b is being sucked by a pump (E) through a conduit (8) and a valve (23) and discharged into the sea through a valve (24) and a conduit (9). The separator (C) is provided inside with a T 2 connected to a conduit (B).