Objective
Work on this contract was aimed at the reduction in size and weight of gas-oil and water-oil separators thus reducing the cost of offshore platforms.
Sufficient information was obtained to enable the design of prototype separators to proceed with confidence.
The gas-oil separation development concentrated on the use of a cyclone. A system using two cyclones in series was developed and tested, first in the laboratory, then at pilot scale in kuwait at a throught-put of 10,000 barrels-day. The unit gave specification performance with the addition of anti-foam agent.
A system based on the use of cartridge coalescers protected by a backflushable prefilter was developed for the dewatering of crude oil and subsequent effluent water de-oiling. The system was tested in the east midland oilfield at 400 barrels-day and attained the targets of less than 0.5 % volume water in oil and less than 15 ppm oil in water.
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United Kingdom