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Separator systems for well production fluids

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CA2221191A1
CA2221191A1 CA002221191A CA2221191A CA2221191A1 CA 2221191 A1 CA2221191 A1 CA 2221191A1 CA 002221191 A CA002221191 A CA 002221191A CA 2221191 A CA2221191 A CA 2221191A CA 2221191 A1 CA2221191 A1 CA 2221191A1
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Prior art keywords
separator
interposed
fluid
spiral baffle
well production
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CA002221191A
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CA2221191C (en
Inventor
Jean Sullivan Weingarten
Miroslav Michal Kolpak
Scott Arthur Mattison
Ronald Glenn Oba
Mary Jane Williamson
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ConocoPhillips Co
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/35—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well specially adapted for separating solids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0208—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D17/0211—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation with baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/12—Auxiliary equipment particularly adapted for use with liquid-separating apparatus, e.g. control circuits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D19/00—Degasification of liquids
    • B01D19/0042—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow
    • B01D19/0052—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow in rotating vessels, vessels containing movable parts or in which centrifugal movement is caused
    • B01D19/0057—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow in rotating vessels, vessels containing movable parts or in which centrifugal movement is caused the centrifugal movement being caused by a vortex, e.g. using a cyclone, or by a tangential inlet
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/40—Separation associated with re-injection of separated materials

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Separating Particles In Gases By Inertia (AREA)

Abstract

Hydrocarbon fluid production wells and similar process flowstreams have a spiral baffle-type separator interposed in a surface flowline for separating fluids of different densities, such as gas from oil or gas from oil and from water, for example. Particulate solids may also be separated from the fluid flowstream.
The separator (16) includes a spiral baffle (58) of single or multiple diameters interposed in an elongated cylindrical casing (72) connected at its opposite ends to suitable fittings whereby the separator may be connected to conventional fluid flowlines on the surface just downstream of a wellhead or otherwise in a process flowstream. Multiple spiral baffle separators may be connected in series to provide multiple stages for separation of fluids of different densities.
The separator is particularly compact, mechanically uncomplicated and may be easily adapted to be interposed in well production fluid flowlines or conduits for process flowstreams.
CA002221191A 1995-05-17 1996-05-17 Separator systems for well production fluids Expired - Fee Related CA2221191C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/442,946 US5570744A (en) 1994-11-28 1995-05-17 Separator systems for well production fluids
US08/442,946 1995-05-17
PCT/GB1996/001192 WO1996036430A1 (en) 1995-05-17 1996-05-17 Separator systems for well production fluids

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CA2221191A1 true CA2221191A1 (en) 1996-11-21
CA2221191C CA2221191C (en) 2007-07-03

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Cited By (6)

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WO2008072087A2 (en) * 2006-12-14 2008-06-19 Aker Process Systems As Fluid treatment
EP3241598A1 (en) * 2016-05-06 2017-11-08 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Gas-liquid phase separator
CN110206527A (en) * 2019-01-04 2019-09-06 西南石油大学 A kind of high throughput hydrate underground separation shunting means using spiral separator
CN112302614A (en) * 2020-11-02 2021-02-02 青岛理工大学 Compact L-shaped column-cone combined tube type three-stage axial flow degassing device
WO2021102537A1 (en) * 2019-11-26 2021-06-03 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Coalescing pipe for conveying fluids comprising at least two immiscible phases
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Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008072087A2 (en) * 2006-12-14 2008-06-19 Aker Process Systems As Fluid treatment
WO2008072087A3 (en) * 2006-12-14 2009-05-22 Aker Process Systems As Fluid treatment
EP3241598A1 (en) * 2016-05-06 2017-11-08 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Gas-liquid phase separator
US10612824B2 (en) 2016-05-06 2020-04-07 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Gas-liquid phase separator
CN110206527A (en) * 2019-01-04 2019-09-06 西南石油大学 A kind of high throughput hydrate underground separation shunting means using spiral separator
WO2021102537A1 (en) * 2019-11-26 2021-06-03 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Coalescing pipe for conveying fluids comprising at least two immiscible phases
CN112302614A (en) * 2020-11-02 2021-02-02 青岛理工大学 Compact L-shaped column-cone combined tube type three-stage axial flow degassing device
CN112302614B (en) * 2020-11-02 2022-06-07 青岛理工大学 Compact L-shaped column-cone combined tube type three-stage axial flow degassing device
CN117160173A (en) * 2023-10-16 2023-12-05 中国矿业大学 Air purification system and purification method for return air roadway
CN117160173B (en) * 2023-10-16 2024-05-17 中国矿业大学 A return airway air purification system and purification method thereof

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