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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Espen Hauge, Oslo, NO;
Øystein Grande, Lysaker, NO;
Inventors:
Espen Hauge, Oslo, NO;
Øystein Grande, Lysaker, NO;
Assignee:
Vetco Aibel AS, Billingstad, NO;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/36 (2006.01); B01D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a system for separating the phases of a multiphase fluid from one or more wells. The system includes at least one first gravity separator and at least one second gravity separator, and elements for conducting the fluid from the well or wells to the first and second gravity separator(s). The system includes elements for selectively conducting the fluid to the first and second gravity separators either in parallel or in subsequent steps depending on the properties of the well fluid and process conditions.