Offshore oil spill collector during flaring operation
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorShaker Moustafa Elgammal
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Abstract
An apparatus for collecting spilled liquid hydrocarbons includes a support beam coupled to an oil rig, the support beam positioned below a flare boom, and a spill pan coupled to an end of the support beam, the spill pan positioned below a burner nozzle of the flare boom. A method includes coupling an oil spill collector to an offshore rig below a flare boom, the oil spill collector including a support beam coupled to the offshore rig and a collection device coupled to an end of the support beam, positioning the collection device below a burner nozzle of the flare boom such that the collection device is horizontally aligned with the burner nozzle, and collecting spilled liquid hydrocarbons in the collection device from the flare boom.
Claims18
An oil rig with an apparatus for collecting spilled liquid hydrocarbons, comprising:
- a flare boom and a burner nozzle mounted on the flare boom,
- wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a support beam having a first beam end and a second beam end, wherein the first beam end is coupled to the oil rig, and wherein the support beam is positioned below and is independent from the flare boom;
- a spill pan coupled to the second beam end of the support beam, wherein the spill pan is positioned below the burner nozzle;
- and
- a suction line coupled to an outlet in the spill pan.
An apparatus comprising:
- an offshore rig including a hull, a main deck, a flare boom, and a burner nozzle,
- wherein the flare boom has a first boom end and a second boom end,
- wherein the first boom end is coupled to the hull proximate the main deck such that the flare boom extends from the hull, and
- wherein the burner nozzle is mounted to the second boom end;
- an oil spill collector coupled to the offshore rig, the oil spill collector comprising:
- a support beam having a first beam end coupled to the offshore rig, wherein the support beam is positioned below and is independent from the flare boom, and
- a collection device coupled to a second beam end of the support beam, wherein the collection device is positioned below the burner nozzle, and
- a suction line coupled to an outlet in the collection device.
A method for collecting spilled liquid hydrocarbons from an oil rig having a flare boom and a burner nozzle mounted on the flare boom, the method comprising:
- coupling an oil spill collector to the oil rig, the oil spill collector comprising a support beam comprising a first beam end coupled to the oil rig and a second beam end coupled to a collection device;
- positioning the collection device below the burner nozzle of the flare boom such that the collection device is horizontally aligned with the burner nozzle, and wherein the support beam is independent from the flare boom;
- collecting spilled liquid hydrocarbons that are spilled from the burner nozzle in the collection device, and
- returning the spilled liquid hydrocarbons to the oil rig through a suction line coupled to an aperture in the collection device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.