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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inpex Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jx Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yukifumi Ishito, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shingu, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Tasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
INPEX CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
COSMO OIL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the hydrocarbon-producing apparatus, a vapor-liquid separation tank of a second vapor-liquid separation unit is provided with a filling material layer. A vapor-liquid separation tank of the first vapor-liquid separation unit has a first return line. The vapor-liquid separation tank of the second vapor-liquid separation unit has a second return line. A light component of light oil discharged from a bottom of the vapor-liquid separation tank is returned to a portion between a top side above a return-location from the second return line within the vapor-liquid separation tank of the second vapor-liquid separation unit, and a line directly connected with a cooler installed on the first vapor-liquid separation unit through the first return line. A heavy component of light oil discharged from a bottom of the vapor-liquid separation tank of the second vapor-liquid separation unit is returned to the filling material layer through the second return line.