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Vessel for producing hydrocarbons provided with means for separation of hydrocarbons into gaseous hydrocarbons and non gaseous hydrocarbons and a method for operating such a vessel Download PDF

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US20150136410A1
US20150136410A1 US14/395,881 US201314395881A US2015136410A1 US 20150136410 A1 US20150136410 A1 US 20150136410A1 US 201314395881 A US201314395881 A US 201314395881A US 2015136410 A1 US2015136410 A1 US 2015136410A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
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    • B63B25/02—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for bulk goods
    • B63B25/08—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for bulk goods fluid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4413—Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H25/00—Steering; Slowing-down otherwise than by use of propulsive elements; Dynamic anchoring, i.e. positioning vessels by means of main or auxiliary propulsive elements
    • B63H25/42—Steering or dynamic anchoring by propulsive elements; Steering or dynamic anchoring by propellers used therefor only; Steering or dynamic anchoring by rudders carrying propellers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G2/00—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition from oxides of carbon
    • C10G2/30—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition from oxides of carbon from carbon monoxide with hydrogen
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/01—Risers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/36—Underwater separating arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/448—Floating hydrocarbon production vessels, e.g. Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels [FPSO]
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
    • B63J1/00—Arrangements of installations for producing fresh water, e.g. by evaporation and condensation of sea water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
    • B63J3/00—Driving of auxiliaries
    • B63J3/04—Driving of auxiliaries from power plant other than propulsion power plant

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  • the present invention relates to a vessel for producing hydrocarbons, the vessel being adapted to be connected to at least one riser for transport of the hydrocarbons from a well on the seabed towards the vessel, wherein the vessel comprises a separation station for separation of the hydrocarbons into gaseous hydrocarbons and non-gaseous hydrocarbons, storing means for storing the hydrocarbons and processing means for processing at least part of the hydrocarbons, wherein the vessel comprises a positioning system for controlling the position and orientation of the vessel with respect to the seabed.
  • the vessel according to the present invention could be used as a FPSO for smaller, deep water oil fields.
  • the vessel according to the invention is specifically adapted to be used as dynamically positioned Extended Well Testing (EWT) FPSO.
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons will be produced. If the quantity of gaseous hydrocarbons produced is sufficiently large, specific measures could be taken to transport the produced gas via adapted transport means, such as a pipeline, to a shore-based or other gas processing facility. However, if the quantity of gas produced is not sufficiently large, the vessel for the production of the off-shore oil needs to be equipped with processing means in order to be able to dispose on-board processed gaseous hydrocarbons.
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • a further alternative would be to use gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology in order to further process the gaseous hydrocarbons on board and to produce a liquid and product which is know in the art as “syncrude”.
  • GTL gas-to-liquid
  • current onshore GTL conversion plants are relatively expensive and extremely large and therefore unsuited to installation on relatively small floating platforms and vessels of the type used for Extended Well Testing (EWT).
  • a disadvantage of this technology is that large and costly process devices are needed to perform the traditional transfer of gas to liquid.
  • the invention is aimed to providing a solution to control the energy balance on board of a vessel, in particular a vessel adapted for Extended Well Testing (EWT), wherein at least part of the gaseous hydrocarbons are used as an energy resource on board of the vessel.
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • the invention relates to a vessel for producing hydrocarbons, the vessel being adapted to be connected to a riser for transport of the hydrocarbons from a well on the seabed towards the vessel, wherein the vessel comprises a separation station for separation of the hydrocarbons into gaseous hydrocarbons and non-gaseous hydrocarbons, storing means for storing the hydrocarbons and processing means for processing at least part of the hydrocarbons, wherein the vessel comprises a positioning system for controlling the position and orientation of the vessel with respect to the seabed, wherein the positioning system for the vessel comprises a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system allowing the control of the position and the orientation of the vessel with respect to the seabed without the use of mooring lines, wherein the DP system is adapted to be driven by at least a portion of the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons separated in the separation station.
  • DP Dynamic Positioning
  • the DP system comprises a plurality of thrusters and the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons separated in the separation station is used for driving the plurality of thrusters.
  • the DP system comprises at least an integrated multi-Fuel reciprocating engine generation system, for example a dual or tri-fuel engine.
  • the vessel comprises at least a first power generator set for energizing the DP system and at least a second power generator set for energizing the processing means for processing at least part of the hydrocarbons.
  • the power generated set for energizing the DP system comprises four power generators.
  • the power generator set for energizing the DP system is placed in the front part of the vessel for having an air intake at the front of the vessel.
  • the processing means comprise means for liquefying at least a portion of the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons.
  • the processing means further comprise a nitrogen station for the production of nitrogen, wherein the nitrogen station is linked to the means for liquefying at least a portion of the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons in order to use residual heat produced in the liquefying process to generate electricity for driving the nitrogen station.
  • the vessel further comprises a fresh water station for the production of fresh water wherein the fresh water station is linked to the means for liquefying at least a portion of the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons in order to use residual heat produced in the liquefying process for driving the fresh water station.
  • the vessel is provided with a riser balcony placed at the one side of the vessel, wherein the riser balcony is adapted to be connected via a bearing to the at least one riser.
  • the vessel is adapted to be connected to a riser having an upper riser end which is provided with a buoy and a quick disconnect system.
  • the vessel is an Extended Well Testing (EWT) FPSO.
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • the invention also relates to a method for operating a vessel for the production of hydrocarbons wherein the vessel is adapted to be connected to at least one riser for transport of the hydrocarbons produced by said vessel from one or more wells on the seabed towards the vessel and wherein the vessel comprises a separation station for separation of the hydrocarbons into gaseous hydrocarbons and non-gaseous hydrocarbons, storing means for storing the hydrocarbons and processing means for processing at least part of the hydrocarbons, wherein the vessel further comprises a positioning system for controlling the position and orientation of the vessel with respect to the seabed, and wherein the method for operating the vessel comprises the steps of:
  • a further portion of the gaseous part of the hydrocarbons separated in the separation station is liquefied using a gas-to-liquid (GTL) process, wherein the process means on the vessel further comprise a nitrogen station for the production of nitrogen and wherein residual heat produced in the GTL process is used for creating electricity for driving the nitrogen station.
  • GTL gas-to-liquid
  • the vessel further comprises a fresh water station for the production of fresh water wherein residual heat produced in the GTL process is used for driving the clean water station.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a vessel and the different influences of wind and current on the bow of the vessel
  • FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the vessel according to the invention (seen from above),
  • FIG. 3 shows the vessel according to FIG. 2 in a front view.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a vessel 1 wherein different influences of wind and current are shown.
  • the vessel 1 is exposed to the influence of the wind 2 .
  • the current 3 and the waves 4 will have an influence on the positioning of the vessel 1 with respect to the seabed.
  • the vessel 1 will be provided with a main propulsion 5 provided at the aft of the vessel 1 which will be used to sail to side or in the disconnect mode to sail to a yard for maintenance and change out purposes.
  • the vessel 1 is also provided with additional thrusters schematically indicated with reference numbers 6 and 7 .
  • These thrusters 6 , 7 comprise for instance azimuth thrusters for keeping the vessel 1 at a preferred position (station keeping) and for heading control.
  • FIG. 2 a preferred embodiment of the vessel 10 according to invention is shown.
  • FIG. 3 the vessel 10 is shown in front view.
  • the vessel 10 is provided with devices and installations in order to allow the vessel 10 to be used for Extended Well Testing (EWT).
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • the installations on board of the vessel comprise, among others:
  • the vessel 10 will be fitted with an external riser turret located mid-ships on the starboard side of the vessel 10 .
  • the riser balcony 11 is shown, positioned mid-ships on the starboard side. This location is preferred for the Dynamically Positioned (DP) facilities as the vessel will pivot around the centre point, thus the risers will be subjected to less movement and deviation when located at this mid-ships location.
  • the vessel 10 will be adapted to be used in combination with a riser having an upper riser end which is provided with a buoy and a quick disconnect system.
  • the vessel 10 is provided with at least two power generator sets.
  • a first power generator set is specifically dedicated to energizing the DP system.
  • a second power generator set is used for energizing the process plant (for redundancy).
  • the DP system for the vessel 10 comprises six internally mounted azimuthing thrusters that as an option are of a retractable type.
  • the power generator set for energizing the DP system is placed in the front part of the vessel 10 .
  • This power generator set is preferably placed below deck level in order to leave more space available for the different process plants on deck level.
  • the position of the generator set for the DP system at the front part of the vessel 10 has the advantage that the air intake of the generator set will also be at the front of the vessel 10 . This means that the air intake is positioned before the process plants and that therefore, relatively clean air can be taken in for the power generators; this ensure that station keeping power is always maintaining.
  • the power generator set for energizing the DP system comprises, in a preferred embodiment, four power generators of each 11 Mw.
  • the advantage of using four generators is that in steady state two generators will be running, while one generator will be available as spare. The forth generator is available for maintenance.
  • the riser turret could be positioned on the bow of the vessel 10 as per conventional layout. This option could be chosen if this option proves of major benefit to the overall design, such as freeing up deck space. In that case the position of the power generator set for the DP system will have to be adapted to allow this alternative position of the turret.
  • the riser turret for the vessel 10 will be based on a total of six riser slots consisting of two production risers plus two umbilicals and two additional slots.
  • the additional two riser slots will be used as service lines or may be used to allow tie-in of an additional well and control umbilical with the same configuration if required.
  • the production is expected to come from a single production well. An additional allowance for two or more risers, including umbilicals, is therefore provided.
  • Oil is assumed to be produced from one or two individual subsea wells which will be tied back via independent flow lines and risers to the vessel 10 .
  • the conventional Brazilian operations approach to subsea architecture could be used, with one production riser, one service riser and one control umbilical per well.
  • the turret includes a toroidal-swivel and a separate pipe-swivel for the two individual production risers.
  • the service lines and umbilicals are expected to be routed via dedicated paths located within a utility swivel.
  • a non-rotatable fluid transfer system can be used that does not comprise a rotatable turret and swivels.
  • the vessel 10 is equipped with devices for obtaining data relating to the conditions of the well. These data will be used to review the potential of the well and the amount of oil that can be produced by the well. The vessel 10 will be used until sufficient data are available to be able to decide whether the well is suitable for economical oil production or not. If the results of the test are positive, the vessel 10 will be removed and replaced by a larger FPSO, which will be adapted for long term oil production.
  • the vessel 10 according to FIGS. 2 and 3 will be equipped with a separator for separating the hydrocarbons that are produced by the vessel 10 into a first, liquid fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbons and a second, gaseous fraction comprising gaseous hydrocarbons.
  • the liquid hydrocarbon fraction will be stored on board of the vessel 10 and will be off loaded using conventional techniques.
  • the gaseous fraction will be used for at least two different purposes.
  • a first part of the gaseous hydrocarbon fraction will be used for energising the dynamic positioning (DP) system. This means in practise that this first part of the gaseous fraction of hydrocarbons will be used for driving the azimuthing thrusters of the DP system.
  • DP dynamic positioning
  • the vessel 10 according to the invention is capable of using this part of the gaseous fraction of the hydrocarbons during its normal operation. Therefore, during the normal operation of the vessel 10 the gaseous hydrocarbons that are used as a by-product do no longer create a problem on board of the vessel, but are used as a source of energy for the on board processes, which will lead to an important improvement of the control of the energy balance on board of the vessel 10 .
  • the part of the gaseous hydrocarbons that is used for driving the DP system no longer needs to be processed on board of the vessel.
  • a second part of the gaseous hydrocarbon will be processed on board and will be treated by means of a of a GTL process.
  • the effect of this GTL process is that the gaseous hydrocarbons are transferred into an end product which is liquid at ambient temperature and which can be stored more easily on board of the vessel and which can, in due course, be off loaded using conventional off-loading techniques.
  • the vessel 10 In order to allow the liquefying of part of the gaseous fraction the vessel 10 according to FIGS. 2 and 3 is equipped with an on board GTL installation.
  • Syngas which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen
  • hydrocarbon gas hydrocarbon gas
  • catalysts to obtain longer chain hydrocarbon molecules which are liquid at ambient temperature.
  • Alternative gas to liquid processes are known and can be applied on a EWT vessel according the invention.
  • the conversion of natural gas consists of two stages of catalytic reactions.
  • the first stage comprises the conversion from natural gas, mainly methane, to Syngas. This process is most effectively achieved by using the STEAM METHANE REFORMING (SMR) followed by the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction itself.
  • SMR STEAM METHANE REFORMING
  • FT Fischer-Tropsch
  • the resulting liquid is a mixture of various hydrocarbons, consisting mainly of paraffinic molecules, which is termed Syncrude.
  • the close relationship between the two reactors in the GTL process is an important aspect in the management of the overall system and in allowing the system to be sufficiently compact to be used on board of a vessel such as an FPSO for Extended Well Testing (EWT).
  • EWT Extended Well Testing
  • HP high operating pressure
  • JT Joule-Thomson
  • the 3-stage system will improve condensate recovery compared to a 2-stage system and will also decrease overall heating loads required to achieve the condensate RVP and result in lower compression requirements.
  • the oil stabilisation thus contains a HP, IP and LP separator.
  • the HP separator is designed to allow operation at pressures of up to 70 bar in order to provide flexibility for well productivity testing.
  • the associated gas stream will be used as top-up fuel gas as required for both topsides and marine, that means for the DP power generation, the main fuel gas source being the reject streams from the GTL process.
  • the remaining process gas which is not used as fuel is routed to the GTL process for conversion to liquids.
  • the main functions of the fuel gas systems are to generate power and to raise steam in auxiliary boilers.
  • the following example is given:
  • the power on board is used as:
  • the normal source of fuel gas on conventional FPSO's is the associated gas from the oil stabilisation process.
  • waste gas streams can be integrated into the overall fuel gas systems. These gases will thus be used as the main source of fuel gas with top up from process gas as required. These GTL off-gas streams will save on the required quantity of associated process gas required for fuel and thus allow this to be fed forward to the GTL process.
  • the DP system is expected to interface with an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) but shall have a independent power management and thruster control system designed to maintain station keeping with the required level of redundancy independent of topside systems.
  • ICSS Integrated Control and Safety System
  • a preferred embodiment of the DP system shall comprises, among others, the following equipment arranged to provide optimum redundancy in case of failure:
  • a quick disconnect system shall be included in the riser turret assembly.
  • the risers shall be supported by a buoyant upper riser system or buoy following disconnect with means to recover for re-connection to the unit.
  • the vessel is DP the mooring securing the buoy to the seabed does not need to support any loads exerted by the vessel.

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