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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael S Choi, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
96182 ; 96195 ; 96208 ; 96209 ; 1661053 ; 1661055 ; 166354 ; 166357 ;
Abstract
A VASPS (vertical annular separation and pumping system) is integral with a floating production vessel such as a TLP. The head section of the VASPS is located at the deck level of the vessel. The tail section is located at or near the bottom of the body of water. The head and tail sections are in fluid communication by a riser having at least two fluid passageways (conductors). The invention constitutes an improvement on the VASPS unit described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,900,433.