Patent ID: 11867394
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC E  F  B  A | IPC B  E  F

Claim 0:
1. A hydrocarbon management system comprising:
a flare boom configured to connect to a drilling or production rig, the flare boom configured to combust at least a portion of hydrocarbon fluids flowed from the rig to the flare boom; and
a catcher attached to the end of the flare boom and configured such that a combustion plume of a flare from the flare boom can enter an opening of the catcher, the catcher comprising:
a diverter, a top edge of which partially defines the opening, the diverter positioned to divert a flow of uncombusted hydrocarbon liquids from the flare boom, wherein the diverter comprises a back portion that is arcuate in shape and is configured such that at least a portion of the uncombusted hydrocarbon liquids spraying upward from the flare boom strike the back portion and are thereby diverted, and wherein a bottom edge of the diverter partially defines a vent passage beneath the diverter, and wherein the catcher is configured such that, during low flow-rate scenarios, gas flowing from the flare boom rises above the top edge of the diverter over the top of the catcher and, during high flow-rate scenarios, gas flowing from the flare boom is at least partially diverted by the back portion of the diverter and travels through the vent passage to exit the catcher out the back of the catcher; and
a container configured to receive the uncombusted hydrocarbon liquids diverted by the diverter.