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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Subsea 7 Norway As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Ratnam Sathananthan, Westhill, GB;
Sigbjorn Daasvatn, Hornnes, NO;
Assignee:
Subsea 7 Norway AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/013 (2006.01); E21B 43/017 (2006.01); E21B 43/36 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); F16L 1/16 (2006.01); F16L 1/235 (2006.01); E21B 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/017 (2013.01); B01D 17/042 (2013.01); E21B 33/035 (2013.01); E21B 41/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/013 (2013.01); E21B 43/36 (2013.01); F16L 1/165 (2013.01); F16L 1/235 (2013.01);
Abstract
A towable unit for subsea processing of well fluids comprises a pipeline bundle extending between, and capable of acting in tension between, a first towhead at an upstream end of the bundle and a second towhead at a downstream end of the bundle. At least one of the towheads has an on-board processing facility for processing the well fluids, which facility effects at least separation of water phases that are present in the well fluids.