Subsea test adaptor for calibration of subsea multi-phase flow meter during initial clean-up and test and methods of using same
View Patent ↗Adapters for inclusion on the lower end of a completion/work-over riser includes a flow loop in fluid communication with a production flow loop hub and a production bore to facilitate testing and calibration of a subsea multi-phase flow meter during completion operations. The flow loop can be in fluid communication with one or more flow loop isolation valves, one or more production bore isolation valves, one or more annulus bore isolation valves, or one or more cross-over valves. In addition, a pressure/temperature sensor can also be included in the adapter. The adapters disclosed herein permit production fluid to flow through the subsea multi-phase flow meter while the riser is still attached to the subsea Christmas tree and before production operations have begun.
1. An adapter for securing on a vertical subsea Christmas tree having a production wing valve, the adapter comprising:
a production bore;
an annulus bore;
a fluid flow loop in fluid communication with the production bore, the fluid flow loop being releasably connected to a production flow loop hub of a vertical subsea Christmas tree, and includes a flow loop isolation valve;
a first production bore isolation valve;
an annulus bore isolation valve;
a cross-over valve, wherein the cross-over valve is disposed below the first production bore isolation valve and above the annulus bore isolation valve;
a second production bore isolation valve and a pressure/temperature sensor disposed between the first production bore isolation valve and the second production bore isolation valve;
wherein the production flow loop hub is in fluid communication with a multi-phase flow meter, the multi-phase flow meter being in fluid communication with the production wing valve of the vertical subsea Christmas tree, to verify operation, and calibration, of the multi-phase flowmeter with a fluid from the production wing valve.
2. A riser assembly comprising:
an emergency disconnect package, the emergency disconnect package comprising an emergency disconnect package production bore and an emergency disconnect package annulus bore and includes a production bore isolation valve and an annulus bore isolation valve;
a lower riser package, the lower riser package comprising a lower riser package production bore and a lower riser package annulus bore and includes a first and a second production bore isolation valve, a first and a second annulus bore isolation valve, and a cross-over valve disposed between the first and second production bore isolation valves and between the first and second annulus bore isolation valves, the lower riser package production bore being in fluid communication with the emergency disconnect package production bore and the lower riser package annulus bore being in fluid communication with the emergency disconnect package annulus bore;
an adapter for securing on a vertical subsea Christmas tree having a production wing valve, the adapter comprising a flow loop and an adapter production bore and an adapter annulus bore, the adapter production bore being in fluid communication with the lower riser package production bore and the adapter annulus bore being in fluid communication with the lower riser package annulus bore,
wherein, the flow loop is in fluid communication with the adapter production bore and releasably connectable to a production line and the production wing valve of the vertical subsea Christmas tree, with a multi-phase flow meter in fluid communication with the production wing valve and the flow loop, to verify operation and calibration of the multi-phase flow meter with a fluid from the production wing valve.
3. The riser assembly of claim 2 , wherein the first and second production bore isolation valves of the lower riser assembly and the first and second annulus bore isolation valves of the lower riser assembly are rams.