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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Sverre Johannesen Overå, Oslo, NO;
Per Salater, Oslo, NO;
Norsk Hydro ASA, Olso, NO;
Abstract
A process plant ( ) for handling combustibles fluids, for example an oil production plant in which gaseous hydrocarbons are separated from oil and in which surplus gases or residual gases from uncontrolled build-ups of gas pressure in the process escape through process or safety valves in the plant and are conducted to a collection line ( ). The surplus or residual gases are conducted via the collection line ( ) to one or more low-pressure stores ( ) and a connection line or return line ( ) is arranged from the store(s) ( ) to the process or another treatment unit for processing the returned or collected fluid. The low-pressure store(s) can expediently comprise the crude oil or raw product store ( ) of the process plant upstream of the process plant.
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