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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Are Lund, Trondheim, NO;
David Lysne, Trondheim, NO;
Roar Larsen, Ranheim, NO;
Kai W. Hjarbo, Ranheim, NO;
Sinvent AS, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
A method of transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing water through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline, wherein the flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced into a reactor where it is mixed with particles of gas hydrates which are also introduced into the reactor. The effluent flow of hydrocarbons from the reactor is cooled in a heat exchanger to ensure that all water present therein is in the form of gas hydrates. The flow is then treated in a separator to be separated into a first flow and a second flow. The first flow has a content of gas hydrate and is recycled to the reactor to provide the particles of gas hydrates mentioned above. The second flow is conveyed to a pipeline to be transported to its destination.