FACILITY AND METHOD FOR UNDERWATER DISPOSAL OF THE WATER PRODUCED DURING UNDERWATER PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS AT GREAT DEPTHS

    公开(公告)号:US20220220838A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17610347

    申请日:2020-04-28

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.A.

    Abstract: A facility for the subsea disposal of the water produced during deepwater hydrocarbon production, includes a subsea oil/water separation station fed with fluids coming directly from at least one hydrocarbon production well, operating at a pressure independent of and lower than the ambient pressure, and comprising an oil outlet for connecting to a production unit and a water outlet, a flat gravity oil/water separation tank resting on the seabed, continuously fed with water leaving the oil/water separation station, operating at a pressure substantially equal to the ambient pressure, and comprising an oil outlet for connecting to the production unit and a water outlet, and a subsea high-pressure pump connected to the water outlet of the oil/water separation station and to a water inlet of the tank to raise the pressure of the water leaving the oil/water separation station to the ambient pressure before it is admitted into the tank.

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