GB2388164A - Intermediate booster pumping station - Google Patents

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GB2388164A
GB2388164A GB0204651A GB0204651A GB2388164A GB 2388164 A GB2388164 A GB 2388164A GB 0204651 A GB0204651 A GB 0204651A GB 0204651 A GB0204651 A GB 0204651A GB 2388164 A GB2388164 A GB 2388164A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B17/00—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors
    • F04B17/02—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by wind motors
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/20—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus
    • F03D9/25—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus the apparatus being an electrical generator
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/20—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus
    • F03D9/28—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus the apparatus being a pump or a compressor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/91—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure
    • F05B2240/915—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure which is vertically adjustable
    • F05B2240/9151—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure which is vertically adjustable telescopically
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/95—Mounting on supporting structures or systems offshore
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/727—Offshore wind turbines
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/16—Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P80/00—Climate change mitigation technologies for sector-wide applications
    • Y02P80/10—Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

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Abstract

An intermediate booster station is used to pump well fluid along a sub-sea pipeline to an onshore location. The intermediate booster station comprises a watertight base 1, from which protrudes a telescopic shaft 2. The shaft 2 extends above sea level and has a wind turbine 3 attached at the top. A water turbine 4 may also be attached as shown. The base I is connected to a sub-sea pipeline 5 routed from a wellhead 6 to an onshore location 7. A booster pump 8 is located in the base 1. The booster station is located to receive the well fluid under well pressure and the booster pump then pumps the well fluid to the shore. The turbine(s) 3, (4) provide(s) power to electricity generating equipment housed in or on the structure which in turn powers the booster pump. In the event of the turbines not producing enough power to operate the booster pump then excess well fluid can be stored in a storage facility until normal operation can resume.

Description

23881 64
INTERMEDIATE BOOSTER STATION
This invention relates to the offshore oil and gas industry, in particular the transfer of fluids from offshore locations.
Conventionally, fluid is transferred from sub-sea wells to shore using steel pipelines, or stored offshore for subsequent retrieval using a ship. Both methods have disadvantages. The use of steel pipelines becomes very expensive as distance to shore increases especially if the pressure of the transmitted fluid is high. In addition some offshore wells will not produce enough pressure to force the fluid to shore and thus become uneconomic and unfeasible for development using this method. The use of offshore storage and subsequent retrieval by ship is restricted by the amount of storage capacity, and by suitable operating weather for the ship.
We have now devised a system that obviates the above problems, and may make previously uneconomical gas/ oil fields feasible for development.
According to the present invention there is provided an intermediate booster station comprising a foundation and support structure with a base which rests on or at the sea-bed, and a telescopic shaft which extends upwardly from the base, a wind turbine and/ or water turbine connected to the support structure, electricity generating equipment housed in said support structure, the generator being driven by the turbine(s), a booster pump, a storage facility for excess fluid, and coupling means for connecting to a sub-sea pipeline, the booster pump being used to force fluid (from a sub-sea well) along the sub-sea pipeline to an onshore or intermediate location, the booster station being suitably located to receive well fluid from the sub-sea pipeline under the action of underground well pressure, the storage facility being used in the infrequent event of there not being enough power generated by the turbine(s) to operate the booster pump.
In an alternative embodiment a hydraulic motor is used to power the booster pump.
The storage facility is designed with a sufficient capacity to allow the wellhead to keep producing during periods of low wind or current (low power generation) for a period of time sufficient to allow power to resume or in the extreme to allow the stored fluid to be removed to ship. The period of low power generation is dependent upon the weather and can be determined statistically.
The use of the intermediate booster station also means that less pressure is required in the sub-sea pipe and this allows use of a less strong material e.g. plastic. This increases cost savings. A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows the intermediate booster station connected to a sub-sea pipeline through which fluid flows from a well to shore.
f Referring to the drawing the structure comprises a watertight base 1, from which protrudes a telescopic shaft 2. The shaft 2 extends above sea level and has a wind turbine 3 attached at the top. A water turbine 4 may also be attached as shown. The base 1 is connected to a sub-
sea pipeline 5 routed from a wellhead 6 to an onshore location 7. A booster pump 8 is located in the base 1. The turbine(s) 3, (4) provide power to electricity generating equipment housed in or on the structure.
In normal operation the well fluid is pushed from the wellhead 6 along the sub-sea pipeline 5 under the action of underground well pressure, until it reaches the booster pump 8. The well fluid is then pumped to an onshore location 7 using the booster pump 8, which is powered by the electricity converted from the turbine(s) 3, (4) using the generating equipment.
In the infrequent event of the turbine(s) 3, (4) not producing enough power to operate the booster pump (8) then the well fluid is stored in the base 1 until normal operation can resume.

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1. An intermediate booster station comprising a foundation and support structure with a base which rests on or at the sea-bed, and a telescopic shaft which extends upwardly from the base, a wind turbine and/ or water turbine connected to the support structure, electricity generating equipment housed in said support structure, the generator being driven by the turbine(s), a booster pump, a storage facility for excess fluid, and coupling means for connecting to a sub-sea pipeline, the booster pump being used to force fluid (from a sub-sea well) along the sub-sea pipeline to an onshore or intermediate location, the booster station being suitably located to receive well fluid from the sub-sea pipeline under the action of underground well pressure, the storage facility being used in the infrequent event of there not being enough power generated by the turbine(s) to operate the booster pump.
2. An intermediate booster station as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the booster pump is
powered by a hydraulic motor.
3. An intermediate booster station substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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