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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Michel Berard, Palaiseau, FR;
Kamal Babour, Bures sur Yvette, FR;
Ibrahim Babelli, Al-Khobar, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 17/025 (2006.01); E21B 43/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An in-line flow separator () comprises an uphill section () of pipeline which, in use, carries a gravitationally stratified flow of a first liquid () and a second denser liquid (). The second liquid () forms a sump () extending uphill from the foot of the uphill section (), and an interface between the first and second liquids on the uphill section is inclined from the horizontal. An extraction port () in the pipeline extracts the second liquid from the sump.