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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Tom Grimseth, Oslo, NO;

William Bakke, Oslo, NO;

Tor Bjørge, Hundhamaren, NO;

Håvard Torpe, Oslo, NO;

Håvard Eidsmoen, Oslo, NO;

Birgitte Nordheim Tveter, Billingstad, NO;

Harald Underbakke, Sandnes, NO;

Lars Brenne, Sandnes, NO;

Inventors:

Tom Grimseth, Oslo, NO;

William Bakke, Oslo, NO;

Tor Bjørge, Hundhamaren, NO;

Håvard Torpe, Oslo, NO;

Håvard Eidsmoen, Oslo, NO;

Birgitte Nordheim Tveter, Billingstad, NO;

Harald Underbakke, Sandnes, NO;

Lars Brenne, Sandnes, NO;

Assignee:

STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/18 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 43/36 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/18 (2013.01); E21B 36/001 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); E21B 43/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

Subsea apparatus () for processing a well stream () and a method of processing a well stream subsea is described. In an embodiment, liquid () and gas () contained in the well stream () is separated. The separated gas () is cooled and the cooled gas () is combined with the separated liquid () to form a wet gas () for a compressor (). An active cooling arrangement () may be used in one example to enhance the cooling effect provided by the cooler (). Advantageously, the apparatus () can be arranged compactly, and may be provided on a subsea retrievable module.


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