Patent SG-11201805271U-A (SG)
Title: Crude oil storage tank with electrostatic internals to dehydrate crude oil within a process train of a floating production storage and offloading insttallation
Inventor: SPRENKEL MARCUS
IPC: C10G33/06
Filed: 2016-12-15
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 29 June 2017 (29.06.2017) WIPOIPCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/112522 A1 (51) International Patent Classification: B01D 17/06 (2006.01) E21B 43/34 (2006.01) C10G 33/06 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2016/066953 (22) International Filing Date: 15 December 2016 (15.12.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 14/977,880 22 December 2015 (22.12.2015) US (71) Applicant: CAMERON SOLUTIONS, INC. [US/US]; 1333 West Loop South, Suite 1700, Houston, TX 77027 (US). (72) Inventors: SPRENKEL, Marcus, D.; 11535 Overbrook Lane, Houston, TX 77077 (US). SAMS, Gary, W.; 9511 Champions Cove Drive, Spring, TX 77379 (US). MANDEWALKAR, S., Pavankumar, B.; 8526 River Cliff Lane, Houston, TX 77095 (US). CAIRES FERMAMDEZ, Luis, Eduardo; 11714 Owens Canyon Lane, Cypress, TX 77433 (US). (74) Agent: ROSSLER, Paul, E.; Gablegotwals, 100 West 5th Street, Tulsa, OK 74103 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANK WITH ELECTROSTATIC INTERNALS TO DEHYDRATE CRUDE OIL WITHIN A PROCESS TRAIN OF A FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING INSTALLATION OIL AND WATER CJ CJ CJ o CJ Fig. 3 (57) : A process train for a floating production storage and offloading installation includes a crude oil storage tank that is equipped with at least one set of electrostatic internals arranged to provide a treatment flow path isolated from a surrounding volume of the electrostatic separator section of the tank. An oil-and-water stream or mixture entering the set of electrostatic internals travels along the treatment flow path and is subjected to an electric field. The treatment flow path is in an upwardly direction toward the oil outlet section and in a downwardly opposite direction toward the water outlet section of the tank. Employing electrostatic internals within the tank permits an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside pro - cessing equipment.