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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2003
Carl B. Argo, Surrey, GB;
Phaneendra Bollavaram, Houston, TX (US);
Kai W. Hjarbo, Ranheim, NO;
Taras Yurievich Makogon, Houston, TX (US);
Nita Oza, Houston, TX (US);
Marita Wolden, Trondheim, NO;
Are Lund, Trondheim, NO;
Roar Larsen, Ranheim, NO;
Carl B. Argo, Surrey, GB;
Phaneendra Bollavaram, Houston, TX (US);
Kai W. Hjarbo, Ranheim, NO;
Taras Yurievich Makogon, Houston, TX (US);
Nita Oza, Houston, TX (US);
Marita Wolden, Trondheim, NO;
Are Lund, Trondheim, NO;
Roar Larsen, Ranheim, NO;
Sinvent AS, Trondheim, NO;
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
BP America, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing wax and/or asphaltenes or any other precipitating solids through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline are disclosed. The flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced into a reactor (), where it is mixed with another fluid flow having a temperature below a crystallization temperature for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids and containing particles or crystals acting as nucleating and/or growth cores for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids, the mixing temperature providing precipitation of the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids from the flow of fluid hydrocarbons, and the effluent flow of hydrocarbons and particles is conveyed from the reactor () to a pipeline () for transportation.