Capture and storage installation for hydrocarbons escaping an underwater well
AssigneeDoris Engineering
InventorsDavid Chilloux, Francois Thiebaud
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Abstract
An installation is provided. The installation includes a plurality of tanks, each tank including a filling opening and being adapted to be arranged on the sea bottom around the well and a device for capturing and distributing hydrocarbons escaping the well. The device includes a bell, a positioner for positioning the bell above the well and a connector for selectively connecting an apex of the bell to the filling opening of any one of the tanks in a fluid manner so as to transfer the fluid into that opening. The invention is applicable to uncontrolled eruptions of offshore oil wells.
Claims16
An installation for capturing and storing hydrocarbons escaping from an underwater well comprising:
- a plurality of tanks each including a filling opening and adapted to be arranged on a sea bottom around the underwater well;
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- a device for capturing and distributing hydrocarbons escaping the well, the device comprising:
- a bell;
- a positioner for positioning the bell above the well;
- and
- a connector for selectively connecting an apex of the bell to the filling opening of any one of the tanks in a fluid manner so as to transfer the fluid into that opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.