An arrangement of an unmanned and remotely operated production facility
AssigneeKværner AS
InventorsOdd Inge STUEDAL, Arne BUDAL
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Abstract
An arrangement of an unmanned and remotely operated production facility comprising a wellhead platform including a wellhead assembly (1) having an X-mas tree, a flowline (2) transporting hydrocarbon fluids produced from a well via said wellhead assembly to two or more consecutive process equipment(s) (3-6), and further on to a destination via a transport line (8). Any process equipment and/or pipeline section located at a higher level than said outlet point A from said wellhead assembly (1), is arranged to either drain back to the x-mas tree, or drain downstream to said transport pipeline by assistance of respective valves arranged along said flowline (2).
Claims8
An arrangement of an unmanned and remotely operated production facility, the arrangement comprising a wellhead platform including a wellhead assembly having a X-mas tree, a flowline starting from an outlet point (A) from the X-mas tree and transporting hydrocarbon fluids produced from a well via the wellhead assembly to one or more consecutive process equipment, and further on to a destination via a transport pipeline starting at a point B located at a level lower than point A, wherein any process equipment and/or pipeline section located at a higher level than the outlet point A from the wellhead assembly, is arranged to either drain back to the X mas tree, or drain downstream to the transport pipeline by assistance of respective valves arranged along the flowline.
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