Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subsea compression
- Patent Title (中): 海底压缩
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Application No.: US14239085Application Date: 2012-08-06
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Publication No.: US09303498B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Tom Grimseth , William Bakke , Tor Bjørge , Håvard Torpe , Håvard Eidsmoen , Birgitte Nordheim Tveter , Harald Underbakke , Lars Brenne
- Applicant: Tom Grimseth , William Bakke , Tor Bjørge , Håvard Torpe , Håvard Eidsmoen , Birgitte Nordheim Tveter , Harald Underbakke , Lars Brenne
- Applicant Address: NO Stavanger
- Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Stavanger
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: GB1114166.0 20110817
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/065360 WO 20120806
- International Announcement: WO2013/023948 WO 20130221
- Main IPC: E21B7/12
- IPC: E21B7/12 ; E21B43/18 ; E21B43/01 ; E21B43/36 ; E21B36/00

Abstract:
Subsea apparatus (10) for processing a well stream (2) and a method of processing a well stream subsea is described. In an embodiment, liquid (5) and gas (3) contained in the well stream (2) is separated. The separated gas (3) is cooled and the cooled gas (32) is combined with the separated liquid (5) to form a wet gas (52) for a compressor (90). An active cooling arrangement (30) may be used in one example to enhance the cooling effect provided by the cooler (30). Advantageously, the apparatus (10) can be arranged compactly, and may be provided on a subsea retrievable module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140202704A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SUBSEA COMPRESSION Public/Granted day:2014-07-24
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