GB1309826A - Subsea satellite for gas production - Google Patents

Subsea satellite for gas production

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Publication number
GB1309826A
GB1309826A GB3837670A GB3837670A GB1309826A GB 1309826 A GB1309826 A GB 1309826A GB 3837670 A GB3837670 A GB 3837670A GB 3837670 A GB3837670 A GB 3837670A GB 1309826 A GB1309826 A GB 1309826A
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oil
separator
line
gas
water
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ExxonMobil Oil Corp
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Mobil Oil Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D19/00—Degasification of liquids
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
    • E21B43/017—Production satellite stations, i.e. underwater installations comprising a plurality of satellite well heads connected to a central station
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/36—Underwater separating arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/12—Underwater drilling

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
  • Pipeline Systems (AREA)
  • Separating Particles In Gases By Inertia (AREA)

Abstract

1309826 Separating oil water and gas MO BIL OIL CORP 10 Aug 1970 [8 Sept 1969] 38376/70 Headings B1D and BIT [Also in Division E1] A system for collection and disposal of subaqueous petroleum-well products includes satellites 12 connected by lines 16 to a manifold 18 whence gas and oil pass through a line 20 to the shore and a riser 22 to a storage vessel 24, respectively. Each satellite receives the produce of at least one well through a line 26 and comprises a shell 76 housing apparatus for separating oil and water from the gas in said produce. The apparatus includes a heat-exchanger within a low-temperature gas and oil separator 32 and a threephase separator, or "knockout section" 38, the water escaping therefrom through a line 40 into the ambient water, a storage tank (not shown), or a line 44 for the oil that has passed from the separator through the heat-exchanger. The gas flows from the separator 38 through a variable choke 48, which regulates the flow and causes condensation of residual liquid as it enters the separator 32. The line 44 and a line 52 for the gas are comprised in the line 16. Glycol, or methanol may be injected through a line 54 to prevent hydrates forming. A "pig" may be injected at 62 to remove any paraffin wax deposited in the line 44. In the separator 38 oil and water gravitates into a compartment 90 whence the oil overflows into a compartment 88 screened from above by a guard 94. Valves 102, 104 are controlled by floats 106, 120. A choke 122 regulates the oil flow. The gas passes through mist extractors 124, 144. A float 150 controls a valve 146. A fail-safe valve 78 adjacent a manually-operated valve 28 is supplied with hydraulic fluid by a pump 80 from a reservoir 166. Level-sensing elements 158, 160 in the separator 32 render the apparatus inoperative in event of the oil surface 82 becoming unduly high or low. The glycol is stored in a reservoir 56. Condensate forming on the exterior of the separator 32 is collected in a sump 164. The separator 32 may be simplified so that the oil and water are not separated from each other. A second embodiment, Fig. 3 (not shown), differs in that a secondary heat-exchanger is provided between the lines 26 and 52.
GB3837670A 1969-09-08 1970-08-10 Subsea satellite for gas production Expired GB1309826A (en)

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JP (1) JPS4945126B1 (en)
CA (1) CA920945A (en)
DE (1) DE2044448A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1309826A (en)
NL (1) NL7010365A (en)
NO (1) NO128231B (en)
ZA (1) ZA704064B (en)

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ZA704064B (en) 1972-01-26
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CA920945A (en) 1973-02-13
US3590919A (en) 1971-07-06
NO128231B (en) 1973-10-15

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee