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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Gregory John Hatton, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gregory John Hatton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/017 (2006.01); E21B 43/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/017 (2013.01); E21B 43/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subsea production system, comprising a plurality of wells located on a sea floor, the wells producing a fluid comprising hydrocarbons; a cold flow center on the sea floor, the cold flow center fluidly connected to the plurality of wells; and a production facility on land or on a floating structure, the production facility fluidly connected to the cold flow center; wherein the cold flow center lowers a temperature of the fluid and produces a slurry of the fluid and suspended solids for transportation to the production facility.