Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonresident system and method for depressurising subsea apparatus and lines
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Application No.: US17275596Application Date: 2019-09-10
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Publication No.: US11319781B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Roberto Rodrigues , Carlos Alberto Bandeira Ribeiro , Daniel Monteiro Pimentel , Everton Da Rocha Nascimento , Renato De Freitas Soares
- Applicant: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Applicant Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Current Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
- Current Assignee Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Priority: BR1020180684280 20180912
- International Application: PCT/BR2019/050383 WO 20190910
- International Announcement: WO2020/051659 WO 20200319
- Main IPC: E21B43/013
- IPC: E21B43/013 ; E21B33/038 ; E21B37/06 ; F16L1/20 ; E21B43/017 ; F16L1/26 ; B63G8/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a nonresident system for depressurizing subsea apparatus and lines comprising a depressurizing tool (5) adapted for being coupled to an ROV interface (6) of a subsea apparatus, wherein the depressurizing tool (5) is coupled to an ROV (4), wherein: the ROV interface (6) comprises a first pipeline (6a) for connection to a first hydrocarbon transport line (8), a second pipeline (6b) for connection to second hydrocarbon transport line (9), and a connection mandrel (6d); and the depressurizing tool (5) comprises a suction line (5a) adapted for being connected to the first pipeline (6a) for connection to the first hydrocarbon transport line; a discharge line (5b) adapted for being connected to the second pipeline (6b) for connection to the second hydrocarbon transport line; a pump (5c); and a connector (5d) adapted for being connected to the connection mandrel (6d) of the ROV interface (6). A method is also provided for depressurizing subsea apparatus and lines, comprising the steps of: removing a blind cap (15) from an ROV interface (6) with aid of an ROV (4); coupling a depressurizing tool (5) to the ROV interface (6) of a subsea apparatus (10); suction and removal of fluid from a first hydrocarbon transport line, wherein the first hydrocarbon transport line comprises hydrate formation; and pressurizing and reinjecting the fluid into a second hydrocarbon transport line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220034200A1 NONRESIDENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPRESSURISING SUBSEA APPARATUS AND LINES Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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