Method and a device for removing a hydrate plug

Details Method and a device for removing a hydrate plug Method and a device for removing a hydrate plug

2006-05-16

2006-05-16

Dang, Hoang (Department: 3672)

Wells

Processes

Cleaning or unloading well

C166S155000, C166S222000, C166S242300, C015S104061, C134S022120, C134S024000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07044226

ABSTRACT:
A method and a device for removing a hydrate plug (38) from a pipeline (16), wherein a pig (1), which is connected to an umbilical (2) extending to surface, is displaced down into the pipeline (16) until proximity of the hydrate plug (38), after which a fluid arranged with hydrate-plug-dissolving properties is pumped through the umbilical (2).

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