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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Harald Underbakke, Sandnes, NO;
Inventor:
Harald Underbakke, Sandnes, NO;
Assignee:
Statoil ASA, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An underwater placed assembly produces gas or gas and oil/condensate from a subsea gaseous reservoir, where at least one production well is provided from the seabed to a production zone and at least one water injection well is provided from the seabed to an injection zone. The assembly includes: a pressure increasing device connected to the outlet of the production well in order to increase the pressure in a production flow from the production well, and a water turbine that is connected to and driving the pressure increasing device.