Process and system for the production of natural gas from a well located at sea far from the coast

摘要

Transporting pressure vessel means 25 are mounted on watercraft 26, and are utilized to recover raw natural gas from shut-in offshore wells. After a discrete batch of raw gas is contained within the transporting pressure vessel means, the watercraft is moved to a processing station 60, also preferably located on a platform offshore. At the processing station, liquids are separated from the natural gas, and then the natural gas is passed through a dehydrator 100 before being transported or transmitted. The invention allows recovery of natural gas from offshore wells, without the need to place processing equipment at each well. In another embodiment especially for use with ocean-located wells, a production barge 800 carrying storage pressure vessel means 804 is positioned at the well site, to which watercraft 726 are connected for loading raw natural gas.