GB2429460A - System and method for the production or handling of heavy oil - Google Patents

System and method for the production or handling of heavy oil Download PDF

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GB2429460A
GB2429460A GB0621838A GB0621838A GB2429460A GB 2429460 A GB2429460 A GB 2429460A GB 0621838 A GB0621838 A GB 0621838A GB 0621838 A GB0621838 A GB 0621838A GB 2429460 A GB2429460 A GB 2429460A
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Mir Mahmood Sarshar
Mirza Najam Ali Beg
Carl Wordsworth
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0208—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D17/0211—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation with baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0208—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D17/0214—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation with removal of one of the phases
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0217—Separation of non-miscible liquids by centrifugal force
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D19/00—Degasification of liquids
    • B01D19/0042—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/124—Adaptation of jet-pump systems

Abstract

A system for the production or handling of heavy oil comprises means (18) for introducing an immiscible viscosity-reducing fluid into the heavy oil at an upstream end of a flow line (10,22) to create a dispersion of oil and viscosity-reducing fluid, and means (24,30) for separating the viscosity-reducing fluid at least partially from the oil at a downstream end of the flow line. The separating means comprises a cyclonic fluid conditioning unit (24) connected receive the dispersion of oil and viscosity-reducing fluid from the downstream end of the flow line (22), said cyclonic fluid conditioning unit being constructed and arranged to subject the dispersion to a cyclonic conditioning process, and a gravity separator unit (30) connected to receive the conditioned dispersion from the cyclonic fluid conditioning unit. The gravity separator unit (30) is constructed and arranged to allow at least partial separation of the viscosity-reducing fluid from the oil and has a first outlet for the separated viscosity-reducing fluid and, a second outlet for the separated oil.

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GB 2429460 A continuation (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Midsummer House, 413 Midsummer Boulevard, CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES, MK9 3BN, United Kingdom
GB0621838A 2004-05-17 2005-05-16 System and method for the production or handling of heavy oil Expired - Fee Related GB2429460B (en)

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GB0815238A GB2449794B (en) 2004-05-17 2005-05-16 System and method for the production or handling of heavy oil

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GBGB0410961.7A GB0410961D0 (en) 2004-05-17 2004-05-17 A separation system for handling and boosting the production of heavy oil
PCT/GB2005/001940 WO2005111372A1 (en) 2004-05-17 2005-05-16 System and method for the production or handling of heavy oil

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