US 11,952,870 B2
Method for constructing and exploiting a hydrocarbons production facility, notably on an expanse of water, and associated exploitation facility
Benoit Laflotte, Rueil Malmaison (FR); Sylvain Vovard, Louveciennes (FR); and Dominique Claude Jean Gadelle, Rueil Malmaison (FR)
Assigned to TECHNIP FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/417,025
Filed by TECHNIP FRANCE, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063113
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126121, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1873966 (FR), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074287 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F25J 1/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); F25J 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/01 (2013.01) [F25J 1/0022 (2013.01); F25J 1/0247 (2013.01); F25J 1/0259 (2013.01); F25J 1/0296 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for constructing and exploiting a hydrocarbon production facility, comprising:
supplying, at a construction site, at least one functional module comprising equipment including at least one hybrid cooler comprising an air cooler and a water cooler, the air cooler and the water cooler being mounted in series or in parallel;
verifying, onsite in a technical building operably coupled to and specific to the functional module, a functioning of the equipment of the at least one functional module, the onsite verifying comprising passing at least one test flow to be cooled through the air cooler of the hybrid cooler, the at least one test flow to be cooled being cooled exclusively by a flow of air circulating through the air cooler, without activation of a water cooler of the hybrid cooler,
mounting the at least one functional module on a support structure;
moving the support structure carrying the functional module to an exploitation site;
upon verifying functioning of the equipment, conducting hydrocarbons exploiting, comprising passing at least one flow to be cooled through the water cooler, the at least one flow to be cooled by direct or indirect heat exchange with cooling water taken from a body of water or from a cooling system comprising a cooling water loop with ambient air, said cooling water circulating through the water cooler.