METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING FLUIDS

摘要

A method of transporting produced fluid, the method comprising: adding carrier fluid to the produced fluid at a first point (18); the carrier fluid suitable to allow a portion of any gaseous component of the produced fluid to move into the liquid phase; moving the well fluid and carrier fluid to a second point (16). In preferred embodiments the method transports hydrocarbons from near a subsea wellhead (20) to an offshore host facility (16). The host facility (16) separates out normally liquid hydrocarbons which are reinjected back at, or close to, the wellhead. The gas phase in the fluid produced by the well is absorbed by the reinjected liquid hydrocarbons allowing the produced well fluids to proceed from the wellhead to the host facility substantially in the liquid phase.