Patent ID: 7901492

Claim:
A device in combination with a pipe separator, the pipe separator comprising an extended tubular body having a diameter, the device comprising: an inlet pipe having a diameter that is equal to or less than the diameter of the pipe separator; a gas manifold connected to the inlet pipe, the gas manifold including a plurality of vertical degassing pipes connected to the inlet pipe immediately ahead of the pipe separator; and a gas collection pipe overlying and connected to ends of the vertical degassing pipes, wherein the gas manifold is arranged such that, in use, gas is diverted up through the vertical degassing pipes and collected in the gas collection pipe for return to an outlet pipe downstream of the pipe separator or transport to a gas tank or a gas processing plant, wherein the inlet pipe has an enlarged diameter portion in a region adjacent the pipe separator and at least a last one of the vertical degassing pipes with respect to a direction of flow through the inlet pipe.