WO2012149095A3 - Apparatus and methods for use in establishing and/or maintaining controlled flow of hydrocarbons during subsea operations - Google Patents

Apparatus and methods for use in establishing and/or maintaining controlled flow of hydrocarbons during subsea operations Download PDF

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WO2012149095A3
WO2012149095A3 PCT/US2012/035102 US2012035102W WO2012149095A3 WO 2012149095 A3 WO2012149095 A3 WO 2012149095A3 US 2012035102 W US2012035102 W US 2012035102W WO 2012149095 A3 WO2012149095 A3 WO 2012149095A3
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Pierre Albert Beynet
Douglas Paul BLALOCK
Kevin James DEVERS
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    • 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
    • E21B43/0122—Collecting oil or the like from a submerged leakage
    • 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
    • E21B37/00—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells
    • E21B37/06—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells using chemical means for preventing or limiting, e.g. eliminating, the deposition of paraffins or like substances

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Apparatus (8) includes a seal head (20) having first and second ends and a sidewall having an internal diameter. The first end of the seal head is open to the environment, and the second end is closed to the environment by an end cap. The seal head includes an aperture (20, 24) configured to accommodate a subsea source. A tubular seal head extension (18) is fluidly connected to the seal head end cap. The seal head extension has an external diameter, an external surface, and a length. A movable element (16) having first and second ends and a sidewall structure having an internal diameter sufficiently larger than the external diameter of the extension forms an annulus between the movable element and the extension. The movable element first end opens to the environment, while its second end is closed by an end cap defining an exit fluidly connectable to a subsea collection system.
PCT/US2012/035102 2011-04-27 2012-04-26 Apparatus and methods for use in establishing and/or maintaining controlled flow of hydrocarbons during subsea operations WO2012149095A2 (en)

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