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WO2003033867A3 - A system and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir - Google Patents

A system and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir Download PDF

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WO2003033867A3
WO2003033867A3 PCT/GB2002/004635 GB0204635W WO03033867A3 WO 2003033867 A3 WO2003033867 A3 WO 2003033867A3 GB 0204635 W GB0204635 W GB 0204635W WO 03033867 A3 WO03033867 A3 WO 03033867A3
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gas
reservoir
pressure
production fluid
hydrocarbon reservoir
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PCT/GB2002/004635
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David Eric Appleford
Brian William Lane
Nicholas John Abbott Andrews
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Alpha Thames Ltd
David Eric Appleford
Brian William Lane
Nicholas John Abbott Andrews
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Application filed by Alpha Thames Ltd, David Eric Appleford, Brian William Lane, Nicholas John Abbott Andrews filed Critical Alpha Thames Ltd
Priority to US10/492,137 priority Critical patent/US20050072574A1/en
Priority to EP02801389A priority patent/EP1448870A2/en
Priority to BR0213627-9A priority patent/BR0213627A/en
Publication of WO2003033867A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003033867A2/en
Publication of WO2003033867A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003033867A3/en
Priority to NO20041937A priority patent/NO20041937L/en

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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/122—Gas lift
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
    • E21B43/017—Production satellite stations, i.e. underwater installations comprising a plurality of satellite well heads connected to a central station
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/18—Repressuring or vacuum methods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/40—Separation associated with re-injection of separated materials

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  • Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)

Abstract

Gas is supplied from a host facility (2) to an underwater gas compressor (10) via a connecting pipeline (6) and the gas compressor is connected to a plurality of gas injection wells (7) for a hydrocarbon reservoir via well supply flowlines (8). The gas compressor (10) compresses the supplied gas to a higher pressure, and drives the gas into the reservoir via the flowlines (8) and gas injection wells (7) at a pressure at least as high as the pressure of the production fluid in the reservoir. This raises the overall pressure in the reservoir to drive production fluid there to the host facility (2). The compressed gas may alternatively be injected into production fluid in a production well to provide a gas lift effect.
PCT/GB2002/004635 2001-10-12 2002-10-11 A system and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir WO2003033867A2 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/492,137 US20050072574A1 (en) 2001-10-12 2002-10-11 System and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir
EP02801389A EP1448870A2 (en) 2001-10-12 2002-10-11 A system and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir
BR0213627-9A BR0213627A (en) 2001-10-12 2002-10-11 System and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir and method for manipulating production fluid
NO20041937A NO20041937L (en) 2001-10-12 2004-05-11 System and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir

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GB0124609.9 2001-10-12
GBGB0124609.9A GB0124609D0 (en) 2001-10-12 2001-10-12 A system and method for injecting gas into production fluid

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WO2003033867A3 true WO2003033867A3 (en) 2003-07-17

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EP (1) EP1448870A2 (en)
BR (1) BR0213627A (en)
GB (1) GB0124609D0 (en)
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WO (1) WO2003033867A2 (en)

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BR0213627A (en) 2004-09-14
GB0124609D0 (en) 2001-12-05
EP1448870A2 (en) 2004-08-25

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