Patent ID: 8734056
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hydrocarbon transport device intended to be immersed and arranged at the head of an extraction well, comprising a first pipe through which a first fluid leaving the extraction well flows, the first pipe being arranged in an external protective casing which is, furthermore, filled with a liquid medium when the device is immersed and installed at the head of the well, further comprising a piloting system to pilot the temperature of the hydrocarbons circulating in the first pipe, that controls at least one activation element of a regulating system to regulate heat exchange between the first pipe and the liquid medium filling the external casing, the regulating system comprising at least a second pipe arranged around the first pipe delimiting an annular space enclosing at least one regulating fluid, this regulating fluid being injected into or expelled from the annular space by the activation element of the regulating system.