The Innopipe removes fluids from natural gas lines. We remove liquids like produced water, hydrocarbon condensates and chemicals from natural gas lines. Results include better pipeline integrity; minimized corrosion issues; reduced use of inhibitors; black powder reduction or elimination; extended pipeline life; slug reduction and control; reduced pigging; and improved plant and pipeline operations and predictability due to more consistent operations. The Innopipe separator differs from conventional designs because it addresses the most common flow pattern in gas transmission and gathering lines: annular flow. We are less expensive to build and have much broader operating parameters than most gravity-inducing designs.Innopipe inline separator provide 99.9% separation efficiency. Innopipe is designed to be piggable, and can be built to any size and design code in the world including CSA, ASME, GOST, DNV, ANSI, DIN, CE, ISO, AS, CFR, PD and TUV. Innopipe also has an almost negligible pressure drop across it. For more information visit www.innopipe.com

1. Gas Pipeline Liquid
Removal Separators

2. • Pipeline corrosion
• Increase dew point
• Reduced flow
• Slugging potential
• Meter and regulator fouling
– reduced accuracy
• Potential compressor and measurement
equipment damage
Liquid Issues

3. • Developed and Patented by Union Gas
(Duke Energy) to replace existing old
style drips that did not work
• Provides a different type of liquid
removal than is presently available
• Design based on Oranje’s theory that
Liquids travel all around the outside of
pipe wall when laminar flow is present
• Tested in service – Union Gas Line
Innopipe History
• Installed before a separator to prove
operation – separator never dumped
– Union Gas Edie Mills Compressor
station
• Lab tested at Amoco Natural gas
facility – Crossfield, Alberta. Paper
written and published in Oil and Gas
Journal
• Multiple units in service

4. Pipeline Drip Separators

5. Theory of Operation
• Utilizes simple annular flow removal
technique
• Liquid is more dense and runs down the
inside side of the pipe walls – gas is in
the middle of pipe. Liquid goes to the
outside when it reaches the slots –
nowhere to go but into collection reservoir
• Liquid is not disturbed when it is
removed, gas continued down the line

7. Innopipe Internals

8. Performance

9. • Pipeline Sizes – 1” to 60”
• Collection reservoirs sized as required – based on amount of liquid to
be collected and how often it can be removed
• Pressure ratings – Designed and built as required
• Above or below ground styles
• PSV not required if one is on piping
• Piggable or non-piggable styles
• Above ground registered ASME pressure vessel built to ground
considered part of the line.
Specifications

10. • Typical pipeline 40 feet/second
• Innopipe efficiency best between 20 and 60 feet/second
• 20 diameters of straight pipe upstream desired
• Low pressure drop – less than 1 PSI across unit
• Specific units built to ASME code and individual company specifications
• Can be installed in vaults below ground for access
Specifications (cont.)

11. Kelsey Pipelines Ltd.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fre-Flo Oil Industries Ltd.
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Bi-Con Services
Ohio
Heisco Oil & Gas- Construction
Kuwait
Designed and Engineered by Innopipe in Canada
Manufacturing Locations

12. Innopipe Above Ground Separator (8”)

13. Above Ground Internals

14. Applications
• General liquids removal
• Low point liquid removal –
river crossings, before hills, valleys
• Compressor protection
• Regulator station liquid removal
• Pre gas meter installations
• Glycol or lube oil carry over removal
• Cavern storage liquid removal
application – Bi-directional
• Well site and gas testing applications
• Inlet separator assistance (helps
reduce size of inlet separator)
upgrade not required
• Slug control
• Steam – condensate removal

15. • Efficient and cost effective compared to conventional separator and coalescers
• Simple design, low maintenance
• Low pressure drop – Horsepower savings
• Proven performance
• Bi-directional
• Piggable or non-piggable styles
• Reduces amount of pigging required
Advantages

16. Partial Users List
Union Gas – St. Catherines, Ontario
24 units cavern storage and lube oil removal
Enbridge Natural Gas – Sarnia, Ontario
2 units cavern storage and 5 units pre ultrasonic
gas meters
Trans Maritimes Pipelines
1 unit lube oil removal
Nagarjuna Fertilizer – India
Above ground for general liquid removal into
fertilizer plant
Amoco
In front of plant inlet separator
National Fuel Gas
Liquid removal
Kerr West Production Testing
5 units for GOR testing
Kuwait Oil Company
40 units for liquid removal in line from refinery
to power station, 36” to 52” lines