Offshore power plant
OwnerOdd Bernhard Torkildseninventor
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Abstract
Platform for a power plant equipped for producing oil and made of reinforced concrete to reduce maintenance cost, consisting of at least one module. Each module will consist of at least one circular column surrounded by concrete to create a desired outer surface. Any of the columns can be used to store the petroleum (oil, gas, production water, sand, etc.), act as expansion chamber(s) and act as passive ballast or separation tank. The platform will have at least one deck for oil producing equipment, at least one deck for a power plant, and will have equipment necessary for electric power distribution.
Claims21
1-8. (canceled)
A platform system for an oil or gas producing power plant, said platform comprising:
- at least one module, said module comprising at least one circular column surrounded by concrete to create a desired outer surface;
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- at least one deck positionable on said module and adapted to support oil producing equipment;
- wherein said column being adapted to store therein a fluid from a reservoir and act as a passive separation tank.
A power plant platform system comprising:
- a plurality of modules radially attachable and sealed to each other to form an internal circular column, each of said modules comprising a plurality of circular columns surrounded by concrete to create a desired outer surface;
- at least one deck positionable on said modules and adapted to support oil producing equipment;
- a power plant locatable on said deck, said power plant comprising at least one engine and at least one fuel tank in fluid communication with said engine;
- a compressor adapted to inject production water and exhaust from said engine into an oil reservoir;
- a dry filter adapted to remove debris from said exhaust;
- wherein at least one of said columns being adapted to store therein a fluid from said oil reservoir and act as a passive separation tank;
- wherein at least one of said circular columns being adapted to store seawater to provide desirable buoyancy and stability for said power plant platform system based on weight distribution;
- wherein at least one of said circular columns being an expansion chamber to cater for variable production pressure from said fluid;
- wherein at least one of said circular columns being a storage tank for said production water.
A method of using a power plant platform system, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a power plant platform system comprising. modules including circular columns surrounded by concrete to create a desired outer surface;
- and at least one deck positionable on said modules and adapted to support oil producing equipment;
- wherein at least one of said columns is a separation tank, and at least one of said columns is an expansion chamber;
- (b) transferring fluid from a reservoir into said separation tank and separating said fluid in said separation tank into oil and gas, production water, and debris;
- (c) transferring said oil and gas from said separation tank to a process plant;
- (d) transferring said production water from said separation tank to a temperature transfer;
- (e) producing fuel in said process plant from said oil and gas;
- (f) supplying said fuel to at least one engine located on said deck;
- (g) heating said production water in said temperature transfer using cooling water and exhaust from said engine;
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- (h) injecting said production water heated by said temperature transfer and a portion of said exhaust back into said reservoir to increase the dissolving of said fluid in said reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.