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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Michael D. Barry, The Woodlands, TX (US);
James S. Brown, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Daniel P. Leta, Flemington, NJ (US);
Moses K. Minta, Missouri City, TX (US);
Scott M. Whitney, Spring, TX (US);
Paul L. Tanaka, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Michael D. Barry, The Woodlands, TX (US);
James S. Brown, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Daniel P. Leta, Flemington, NJ (US);
Moses K. Minta, Missouri City, TX (US);
Scott M. Whitney, Spring, TX (US);
Paul L. Tanaka, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide a system and methods for the production of hydrocarbons. The method includes flowing a stream directly from a hydrocarbon reservoir to a cavern and performing a phase separation of the stream within the cavern to form an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The method also includes flowing at least a portion of the aqueous phase or the organic phase, or both, directly from the cavern to a subsurface location and offloading at least a portion of the organic phase from the cavern to a surface.