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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Eduard Coenraad Bras, The Hague, NL;
Cornelis Buijs, The Hague, NL;
Jill Hui Chiun Chieng, Amsterdam, NL;
Robert Klein Nagelvoort, The Hague, NL;
Eduard Coenraad Bras, The Hague, NL;
Cornelis Buijs, The Hague, NL;
Jill Hui Chiun Chieng, Amsterdam, NL;
Robert Klein Nagelvoort, The Hague, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for receiving fluid from a natural gas pipeline, the fluid comprising gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons, water and optionally solids, the method comprising: (a) in a slug catcher (), receiving the fluid comprising gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons, water and optionally solids from at least one pipeline () (b) in the slug catcher (), separating at least a portion of the gaseous hydrocarbons from the rest of the fluid to leave a liquid mixture or a liquid/solid mixture; (c) directing at least a portion of the liquid mixture or liquid/solid mixture to a separation vessel (), preferably a three-phase separation vessel; and (d) in the event of a surge of liquids and optionally solids to the slug catcher (), directing at least a portion of the liquid mixture or the liquid/solid mixture from the slug catcher () to a surge vessel ().