Oil/gas collector/separator for underwater oil leaks

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1992-04-17

1993-05-25

Taylor, Dennis L.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Fluid control, treatment, or containment

Floatable matter containment

405 62, 405 60, E02B 1504

Patent

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052134440

ABSTRACT:
An oil/gas collector/separator for recovery of oil leaking, for example, from an offshore or underwater oil well. The separator is floated over the point of the leak and tethered in place so as to receive oil/gas floating, or forced under pressure, toward the water surface from either a broken or leaking oil well casing, line, or sunken ship. The separator is provided with a downwardly extending skirt to contain the oil/gas which floats or is forced upward into a dome wherein the gas is separated from the oil/water, with the gas being flared (burned) at the top of the dome, and the oil is separated from water and pumped to a point of use. Since the density of oil is less than that of water it can be easily separated from any water entering the dome.

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