- Patent Title: Method and system for removing deposits within a pipe or pipeline
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Application No.: US15033123Application Date: 2014-10-17
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Publication No.: US10549325B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Fredrik Lund
- Applicant: EMPIG AS
- Applicant Address: NO Trondheim
- Assignee: EMPIG AS
- Current Assignee: EMPIG AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Trondheim
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Priority: NO20131438 20131030
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/072286 WO 20141017
- International Announcement: WO2015/062878 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: B08B9/027
- IPC: B08B9/027 ; B08B7/00 ; B08B1/00 ; B08B7/02 ; B08B9/023 ; B08B17/02 ; E21B43/36

Abstract:
A fluid flow processing plant for pig-free removal of wax and hydrate deposits in hydrocarbon production flowlines may include at least one cooling flowline. Further, the fluid flow processing plant my include cooling means arranged to cool the fluid in the at least one cooling flowline over a cooling section until the fluid reaches a temperature at or near the cooling flowline's surrounding temperature (Tsea) and at least one vehicle arranged on or near the outer circumference of the cooling flowline. Furthermore, each vehicle may include at least one sleeve configured to at least partly surround an outer circumference of the cooling flowline, deposit removing means being configured to remove deposits situated on an inner wall of the cooling flowline, and a propulsion unit configured to drive the vehicle bi-directionally on the cooling flowline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160279684A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING DEPOSITS WITHIN A PIPE OR PIPELINE Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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