GB2456954A - Sub-cooled hydrocarbon production method and system including maceration of precipitates - Google Patents

Sub-cooled hydrocarbon production method and system including maceration of precipitates Download PDF

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GB2456954A
GB2456954A GB0908292A GB0908292A GB2456954A GB 2456954 A GB2456954 A GB 2456954A GB 0908292 A GB0908292 A GB 0908292A GB 0908292 A GB0908292 A GB 0908292A GB 2456954 A GB2456954 A GB 2456954A
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flowline
production fluid
discharge
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John Daniel Friedemann
Kunal Dutta-Roy
Eric Smedstad
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Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L55/00—Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
    • F16L55/26—Pigs or moles, i.e. devices movable in a pipe or conduit with or without self-contained propulsion means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L55/00—Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
    • F16L55/26—Pigs or moles, i.e. devices movable in a pipe or conduit with or without self-contained propulsion means
    • F16L55/28—Constructional aspects
    • F16L55/30—Constructional aspects of the propulsion means, e.g. towed by cables
    • F16L55/32—Constructional aspects of the propulsion means, e.g. towed by cables being self-contained
    • F16L55/34—Constructional aspects of the propulsion means, e.g. towed by cables being self-contained the pig or mole being moved step by step
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17D—PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES
    • F17D1/00—Pipe-line systems
    • F17D1/08—Pipe-line systems for liquids or viscous products
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17D—PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES
    • F17D1/00—Pipe-line systems
    • F17D1/08—Pipe-line systems for liquids or viscous products
    • F17D1/16—Facilitating the conveyance of liquids or effecting the conveyance of viscous products by modification of their viscosity
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17D—PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES
    • F17D1/00—Pipe-line systems
    • F17D1/20—Arrangements or systems of devices for influencing or altering dynamic characteristics of the systems, e.g. for damping pulsations caused by opening or closing of valves

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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
  • Pipeline Systems (AREA)
  • Preventing Corrosion Or Incrustation Of Metals (AREA)
  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)

Abstract

A method for conversion of a subsea hydrocarbon production fluid from above a solids formation temperature to below the said temperature for further transport through a flowline (1) in the form of slurry. A partial volume of the production fluid is recycled through a cooling loop (9) connecting a downstream discharge (10) from the flowline with an upstream inlet (11) to the flowline, and macerating the solids, which are formed in the production fluid upon mixing with the recycled flow, by means of a motor driven impeller (6) introduced in the fluid flow between the flowline inlet and the flowline discharge. The invention also refers to a system comprising at least one production fluid recycling loop (9) connecting a downstream discharge (10) from the flowline with an upstream inlet (11) to the flowline, the recycling loop having a lumen defined by a lumen wall through which heat is transferred from the production fluid to an ambient cooling medium and a motor driven impeller (6) incorporated in the flowline between the flowline inlet and the flowline discharge.
GB0908292A 2006-11-09 2009-05-14 Sub-cooled hydrocarbon production method and system including maceration of precipitates Withdrawn GB2456954A (en)

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US85777506P 2006-11-09 2006-11-09
PCT/IB2007/003437 WO2008056250A2 (en) 2006-11-09 2007-11-09 Sub-cooled hydrocarbon production method and system including maceration of precipitates

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GB0908292D0 GB0908292D0 (en) 2009-06-24
GB2456954A true GB2456954A (en) 2009-08-05

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GB0908290A Withdrawn GB2456952A (en) 2006-11-09 2009-05-14 A method and a system for hydrocarbon production cooling
GB0908292A Withdrawn GB2456954A (en) 2006-11-09 2009-05-14 Sub-cooled hydrocarbon production method and system including maceration of precipitates
GB0908291A Withdrawn GB2456953A (en) 2006-11-09 2009-05-14 Sub-colled hydrocarbon production system and method comprising a powered runner

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GB (3) GB2456952A (en)
NO (3) NO20092219L (en)
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WO (3) WO2008056252A2 (en)

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US3910299A (en) * 1974-11-15 1975-10-07 Marathon Oil Co Transportation of waxy hydrocarbon mixture as a slurry
US4697426A (en) * 1986-05-29 1987-10-06 Shell Western E&P Inc. Choke cooling waxy oil
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WO2008056250A2 (en) 2008-05-15
WO2008056248A3 (en) 2008-07-24
GB0908292D0 (en) 2009-06-24
RU2009120140A (en) 2010-12-20
BRPI0718663A2 (en) 2013-11-26
GB0908290D0 (en) 2009-06-24
BRPI0718664A2 (en) 2013-11-26
WO2008056252A3 (en) 2008-07-31
NO20092219L (en) 2009-06-09
WO2008056250A3 (en) 2008-07-03
WO2008056252A2 (en) 2008-05-15
GB2456953A (en) 2009-08-05
GB0908291D0 (en) 2009-06-24
NO20092220L (en) 2009-06-09
RU2009120139A (en) 2010-12-20
RU2009120141A (en) 2010-12-20
GB2456952A (en) 2009-08-05
NO20092218L (en) 2009-06-09

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