| STATOIL PETROLEUM AS Patent applications |
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| 20120117124 | INTERACTIVE RENDERING OF PHYSICAL ENTITIES - A method for generating a model of a physical entity, in particular the earth, using one or more hierarchically organized multi-resolutional data trees T, each data tree comprising a plurality of nodes N | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120018293 | PROCESS FOR HYDRATE INHIBITOR REGENERATION - The invention provides a process for the production of a lean liquid hydrate inhibitor composition from a rich liquid hydrate inhibitor composition in which the liquid hydrate inhibitor has a boiling point above that of water, which process comprises: (a) feeding said rich liquid hydrate inhibitor composition to a first distillation vessel; (b) withdrawing a water and inhibitor containing vapour from said first distillation vessel and feeding it to a second distillation vessel; (c) withdrawing water vapour from said second distillation vessel; (d) withdrawing a lean hydrate inhibitor composition from said second distillation vessel in liquid form; (e) withdrawing a lean hydrate inhibitor composition from said first distillation vessel in liquid form; (f) withdrawing liquid from said first distillation vessel and removing solids therefrom; wherein the withdrawal of steps (e) and (f) may be of a single liquid stream and wherein at least a portion of the lean hydrate inhibitor composition withdrawn from said first distillation vessel is not recycled into said first distillation vessel. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110263169 | DISCONNECTABLE PRODUCTION DOCK (DPD) FOR TURRET FREE DISCONNECTABLE WEATHER VANING FPSO - System for mooring a large vessel for production of hydrocarbons, such vessel for example being a FPSO vessel, the mooring system including at least two floating bodies of the hang-off type, moored by means of differentiated compliance spread anchoring system to the sea bed, allowing partly weathervaning of the large vessel; a riser system extending from the sea bed to each the floating bodies, and means for transfer of fluids from the two floating bodies to the large vessel, the floating bodies and the large vessel being provided with locking means, locking floating bodies to the large vessel at the bow and the stern of the vessel in a mechanically rigid manner, thus providing a integrated, rigidly fixed unit comprising the large vessel and the floating bodies. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259901 | SUBSEA GRAVITY SEPARATOR - A large diameter subsea gravity separator for ultra deep water conditions of 2000 to more than 4000 m includes a vessel having a shell which defines a cylindrical tubular portion and closure portions at axially both ends of the tubular portion. The shell is a sandwich shell which is dimensioned to provide for a predetermined collapse resistance of at least MPa and includes an inner steel layer, an outer steel layer and a concrete layer completely filling the space between the inner steel layer and the outer steel layer. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110253379 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN EXISTING SUBSEA ARRANGED OIL PRODUCTION WELL, AND A THUS MODIFIED OIL PRODUCTION WELL - Method to modify an existing subsea arranged oil production well having installed a hydraulically operated downhole valve, characterized in using coiled tubing technology to: arrange an electrically operated downhole pump in the production tubing, lock the hydraulically operated downhole valve in an open position by placing a sleeve body in the open positioned valve, arrange an electrically operated downhole valve above the downhole pump. A modified oil production well. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252893 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING RATES IN INDIVIDUAL PHASES OF A MULTIPHASE FLOW - A device for measuring rates in individual phases of a multiphase flow, such as in flow of hydrocarbon fluid through a pipe line, comprising a venturi having, seen in the flow direction thereof, a first inlet portion with deceasing cross-section, a second intermediate portion with mainly uniform cross-section, and a third outlet portion with increasing cross-section, and being situated within the pipe line. According to the present invention, the venturi is provided with a number of sensors, and the sensors are arranged in mutual distance at different cross-section areas along at least the first of the three portion of the venturi as thereby being able to determine a pressure profile along the venturi as a base for estimating rates for actual rates of the flow. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110247697 | METHOD OF PROCESSING FLUID FROM A WELL - There is described a method of processing fluid from a well. In an embodiment, a fluid processing system is operable to process fluids from a well in dependence on a plurality of controllable system parameters. The parameters are adjusted between respective first and second parameter values, and the first values define a first operational configuration and the second values defining a second, different operational configuration. The adjustment is carried out such that the system is balanced whilst adjusting the parameters. This may be done by adjusting the value of each parameter simultaneously along linear curves from a first initial value to a second end value. In the second configuration, activation or deactivation of a compressor ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110235057 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE THICKNESS OF ANY DEPOSIT OF MATERIAL ON INNER WALL OF A PIPELINE - A method is provided for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of a pipeline at least partly filled with a medium including hydrocarbons, the medium being for instance oil or natural gas, wherein the method includes: projecting infrared light onto the inner wall of the pipeline along a line corresponding to the intersection between the inner wall of the pipeline and a cross-sectional plane of the pipeline; registering an image of the infrared light projected on the inner wall of the pipeline; and determining the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of the pipeline based on the registered image. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110214884 | LINING OF WELL BORES WITH EXPANDABLE AND CONVENTIONAL LINERS - Reducing the diameter of a well bore has many advantages. To achieve this a subsurface well bore is provided comprising one or more expandable sleeve components, preferably expandable liners ( | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110198132 | DRILL PIPE PROTECTOR ASSEMBLY - A drill pipe protector assembly comprising at least one protector sleeve ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110172977 | METHOD OF MODELLING A SUBTERRANEAN REGION OF THE EARTH BY PERFORMING A BAYESIAN INVERSION - A method of modelling a subterranean region of the Earth at a first location comprises the steps of: providing geological data; selecting a plurality of facies; providing a distribution of rock physics probability with spatial dependencies; approximating the rock physics probability at the first location with at least one distribution per facies utilizing the spatial dependencies in the rock physics probability distribution; and performing a Bayesian inversion at the first location using the approximation of the rock physics probability distribution. The method may also employ a window comprising the first location and at least one further location. | 07-14-2011 |
