North Sea modular pig receiver designed for both oil, gas

Journal Article · Mon Jul 05 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5452175

Gibbons, N ^[1]

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1. Seatech Consultants Ltd., London (United Kingdom)

Design of subsea modular pig receivers for the North Sea's Tiffany field export system employed conventional technology to achieve operational simplicity for pipelines handling both gas and crude oil under pressure. Subsea facilities were designed to provide for diversion of the normal flow through a modular removable subsea pig receiver. Each pig receiver was designed to accept a pig train containing a magnetic cleaning pig followed by an intelligent pipeline inspection pig which could then be retrieved to the surface. The paper describes the Tiffany field development; the concept of pigging the pipelines; the detailed design; added requirements; and installation and operation.

• OSTI ID: 5452175
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:27; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
022000* -- Petroleum-- Transport
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03 NATURAL GAS
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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES
NATURAL GAS
NORTH SEA
PETROLEUM
PIPELINES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSPORT
UNDERWATER FACILITIES