(57) Transporting pressure vessel means 25 are mounted on watercraft 26, and are utilized
to recover raw natural gas from shut-in offshore wells. After a discrete batch of
raw gas is contained within the transporting pressure vessel means, the watercraft
is moved to a processing station 60, also preferably located on a platform offshore.
At the processing station, liquids are separated from the natural gas, and then the
natural gas is passed through a dehydrator 100 before being transported or transmitted.
The invention allows recovery of natural gas from offshore wells, without the need
to place processing equipment at each well. In another embodiment especially for use
with ocean-located wells, a production barge 800 carrying storage pressure vessel
means 804 is positioned at the well site, to which watercraft 726 are connected for
loading raw natural gas
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