Modular Exploration and Production System Including an Extended Well Testing Service Vessel

a production system and module technology, applied in the direction of load accommodation, sealing/packing, borehole/well accessories, etc., can solve the problems of limited land operations involving simple but effective, explorers and producers have little financial incentive to work small reserves, and large-scale drilling operations
US20150096760A1Inactive Publication Date: 2015-04-09ATLANTIS OFFSHORE HLDG
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
ATLANTIS OFFSHORE HLDG
Publication Date
2015-04-09
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A modular exploration and production system combined with an oil well testing and service vessel is provided, the vessel comprising equipment for separating hydrocarbons and / or associated fluids and solids by means of a processing plant. The vessel is equipped with suitable equipment packages for all required functionality, so fluid received from wells, piping and installations at sea or inland waters is processed for the separation, control and ecological handling of the mixture (crude oil, gas, solids, chemicals and oily or production water) in a plurality of phases such as exploration, drilling, finishing, repair, stimulation, production, and production measurement. In an extended combination of such technologies, a single well test service vessel is used in conjunction with a field of neighboring self-standing riser systems to serially test well and production processes, resulting in project-scaled synergies between drilling and testing assets that lead to cleaner, more cost-effective recovery of higher quality yields.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates generally to methods and means for safely and efficiently exploiting hydrocarbon reserves, and in a particular though non-limiting embodiment to a modular exploration and production system including an extended well testing service vessel suitable for testing, separating and otherwise assisting in the exploration and production of oil, gas and natural gas reserves.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Innumerable systems and methods have been employed in efforts to find and recover hydrocarbon reserves around the world. At first, such efforts were limited to land operations involving simple but effective drilling methods that satisfactorily recovered reserves from large, productive fields. As the number of known producing fields dwindled, however, it became necessary to search in ever more remote locales, and to move offshore, in the search for new resources. Eventually, sophisticated drilling systems and advanced signal processin...

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