Patent ID: 8894755
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B01D,E21B

Abstract:
1. A gas-liquid separator for separating a variable multi-phase flow of gas and liquid into a gas dominated flow and a liquid dominated flow, the variable multi-phase flow of gas and liquid comprising oil from a well, the separator comprising: a housing enclosing a separation chamber; an inlet port for feeding the multi-phase flow into the separation chamber; a liquid outlet port for discharging the liquid dominated flow from the separation chamber; and a gas outlet port provided at a position above both the inlet port and the liquid outlet port for discharging the gas dominated flow from the separation chamber, wherein both the inlet port and the liquid outlet port are positioned adjacent to an elongated lower bottom wall of the housing and define a flow direction into and out of the separation chamber approximately aligned along the bottom wall, and wherein the separation chamber extends above the bottom wall in between the inlet port and the liquid outlet port, and wherein the inlet port is configured to be connected to a pipe which receives the variable multi-phase flow of gas and liquid from the well.