Method and equipment for the reduction of multiple dispersions

Equipment for reducing or avoiding multiple dispersions in fluid flows each including two or more non-mixable fluid components with different specific gravities and viscosities, wherein the fluid flows comprise oil and water from different oil/gas production wells in formations beneath the surface of the earth or sea, the equipment comprising:

• a transport pipeline;
• a first plurality of pipeline branches connected to the transport pipeline so oil-continuous fluid flows from the wells are fed to the transport pipeline;
• and
• a second plurality of pipeline branches connected to the transport pipeline so water-continuous fluid flows from the wells are fed to the transport pipeline, wherein the pipeline branches are disposed such that the oil-continuous fluid flows are supplied to the transport line upstream of the water-continuous fluid flows.

Equipment for reducing or avoiding multiple dispersions in fluid flows each includes two or more non-mixable fluid components with different specific gravities and viscosities, wherein the fluid flows comprise oil and water from different oil/gas production wells in formations beneath the surface of the earth or sea, the equipment comprising:

• a first transport line;
• a second transport line;
• a plurality of pipeline branches connected to the first transport line so that the oil-continuous flows from the wells are fed to the first transport line;
• and
• a plurality of pipeline branches connected to the second transport line so that water-continuous flows from the wells are fed to the second transport line, wherein the first and second transport lines are connected to a common separator.