CPC C10G 53/02 (2013.01) [B01D 3/007 (2013.01); B01D 3/148 (2013.01); B01D 17/045 (2013.01); C10G 33/00 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. An apparatus for separating production fluids comprising:
a three phase separator for separating a production fluid into a first oil output, a first gas output, and a first water output;
a first flow control valve receiving the first gas output and generating a gas slipstream;
a heater coupled to the first oil output, wherein the heater heats the first oil output to produce a heated second oil output; and
a gas stripping column receiving the heated second oil output at the top and the gas slipstream at the bottom, wherein the heated oil is stripped of light hydrocarbons and any remaining water by the interaction of the slipstream flowing upwards through the heated second oil output falling downward to produce a third oil output and a second gas output.
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