TESTING AND SUBSEA

Surface Well Testing

Wellhead Desander and Accumulator

Halliburton Testing and Subsea, in conjunction with eProcess Technologies,

offers enhanced cyclonic solids separation and removal with unparalleled
removal efficiencies as high as 99% of solid particles > 10 μm.

The multiphase desander offers a proven, compact, simple, and cost-reduced

alternative to current techniques and enables higher sand-free production
rates while eliminating downhole sand control measures. The installation of
a multiphase desander will enhance production by increasing well rates and
reducing process downtime. The robust design promotes installation of the
multiphase desander on almost any oil or gas well. Virtually all particulate
debris such as formation sand, fracture sand, drilling chips, chalk, and scale
can be removed from production wells on line.

Operating Principle
The multiphase desander operates on the same principles as a standard
liquid-only desander, except it is designed to treat multiphase flow.

The unit uses pressure energy from the well stream to achieve cyclonic
separation of solids. The multiphase feed stream, a mixture of liquids (oil,
drilling fluid, water, etc.), gas (natural, nitrogen, etc.), and solids enter the
cyclone insert tangentially through the inlet. The insert geometry forces the
mixture to spin in a radial vortex pattern, which imparts centrifugal forces on
the solid particle forcing them toward the wall of the cone. The solids continue
to spin in a radial vortex motion down the length of the cone to discharge
through the apex and then report to the accumulator. The accumulator is
periodically isolated to allow discharge of the solids then brought back on line.
During the discharge cycle, solids are collected in the wellhead desander vessel,
enabling continuous separation with intermittent solids removal.

Applications
• Exploration and appraisal well testing
• Cleanup and flowback
• Production, inline testing (including multiphase flow metering)
• Extended well testing
• Early production facilities

Desander and Accumulator Cross Section

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Features and Benefits

• Facilitates the interface for additional services to be installed • Solid volumes of up to 5% and high liquid/high gas loading
into the well test package: • Designed and operated in accordance with industry standards
–– Sand measurement and disposal system and best practices to preserve equipment integrity and client
–– Sand filter test objectives

• Requires no moving parts and interchangeable cyclone inserts • Design of Service, detailed process simulations for solids
to handle varying flows removal prediction

• Separates 99% of particles from 10 to 50 μm and larger, and up

to 99% by weight

Equipment Specification Data

(Detailed Equipment Specification Data can be obtained within CWI Database)
Part Number 102157935 102157936
Working Pressure 10,000 psig (690 bar) 15,000 psig (1034 bar)
Gas Flow Rate 0 to 100 MMscf/D (2.83 MMm3/d) 0 to 200 MMscf/D (5.66 MMm3/d)
Liquid Flow Rate 0 to 7,500 bbl/D (1192 m3/d) 0 to 15,000 bbl/D (2385 m3/d)
Insert Sizes 2 in., 4 in., 6 in., 8 in., and 10 in.
Desander Volume 2.9 gal (11 L)
∆P Maximum 100 psig (6.9 bar) Note: Design of Service required for optimum ∆P
Accumulator Volume 48.34 gal (183 L)
Temperature Range °F (°C) -20 to 350°F (-29 to 177°C)
Service H2S (NL)
Connections 4-1/16 in. and 2-1/16 in. 10K API Flange 4-1/16 in. and 2-1/16 in. 15K API Flange
Skid Size in. (mm) 95 (2400) × 138 (3500) × 244 (6200) 98 (2500) × 146 (3700) × 256 (6500)
Skid Weight lb (kg) 55,000 (25 000) 57,320 (26 000)
Notes:
1. Refer to the equipment databook for individual equipment specifications.
2. Equipment is designed/certified to ASME B&PV VIII DIV 2, ANSI B31.3, NACE MR0175, Skid Design to DNV 2.7-3, Pad eyes designed to DNV 2.7-1, EN12079, etc. standards
as applicable and documented on the individual Equipment Specification Data Sheets (ESDS).
3. These ratings are guidelines only. Contact your local Halliburton SWT representative for more information.

For more information contact your local Halliburton representative or

email us at welltesting@halliburton.com.

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