Abstract:
A fluid separator includes a gravity separation chamber (4) including an inlet duct (2) for a mixture of gas and liquid, and a cyclonic inlet diverter (D) located within the gravity separation chamber. The cyclonic inlet diverter (D) includes a cyclonic inlet chamber (18) connected to receive a mixture of gas and liquid from the inlet duct (2), a cyclonic separation chamber (20), a gas outlet (22) at an upper end of the cyclonic separation chamber and a liquid outlet (24) at a lower end of the cyclonic separation chamber. The cyclonic inlet chamber (18) has an involute configuration.
Abstract:
A jet pump comprises a HP inlet vent, a nozzle connected to the HP inlet vent via a HP fluid conduit and configured to discharge a first fluid flowing through the HP inlet into a nozzle discharge zone, a LP inlet vent, a LP fluid conduit connected to the LP inlet vent and configured to discharge a second fluid flowing through the LP inlet vent into the nozzle discharge zone. A mixing tube is provided downstream of the nozzle discharge zone for mixing the first and second fluids and an outlet vent is located downstream of the mixing tube for discharging a mixture of the first and second fluids from the jet pump. The jet pump includes a spinner mechanism upstream of the nozzle discharge zone for causing spinning rotation of at least one of the first and second fluids about a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. In one embodiment the spinner mechanism includes a LP inlet chamber connected to receive the second fluid from the LP fluid conduit, the LP inlet chamber comprising a fluid passageway that extends circumferentially around the nozzle to cause rotation of the second fluid around the longitudinal axis of the nozzle.
Abstract:
A system and method for boosting the pressure of multi-phase fluids to enable handling of slug flow from oil and gas wells. The system is arranged to include a cyclonic separator having outlets of a first gas-rich line and a first liquid-rich line, a gravitational separator having outlets of a second gas-rich line and a second liquid-rich line, downstream of the cyclonic separator. There is also a gas compressor for boosting pressure in the second gas-rich line and a liquid pump for boosting pressure in the second liquid-rich line. The boosted gas and liquid is received by a commingler downstream which outputs a combined fluid flow. Control valves are provided at various stages of the system that are activated in response to slug flow detected by flow regime detectors upstream of the cyclonic separator. The system is, overall, able to be much smaller than a convention slug catcher system and, in fact, the gravitational separator may be comprised of a pipe section the same or similar to the inlet from the well.
Abstract:
An improved gas lift system for use in oil production from a well bore (11) utilising a gas lift injection (10) system of the known type and further including a surface jet pump (16) downstream of the well head (13) for reducing the flowing well head pressure and capable of discharging produced fluid (14) at a pressure required by a downstream production system.