Liquid distribution system

Claim 1

A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING THE FLUID MIXTURE OF OIL WELL PRODUCTION CONTAINING GAS TO PROCESSING UNITS, INCLUDING, FLOWING THE FLUID MIXTURE INTO A COMPARTMENT OF AN ELONGATED HORIZONTAL VESSEL WHICH COPARTMENT PROVIDES THE RESIDENCE TIME FOR THE GAS OF THE MIXTURE TO FORM A STRATUM ABOVE THE LIQUID PHASE, CONTROLLING THE DISCHARGE OF GAS FROM THE STRATUM ABOVE THE LIQUID PHASE FROM THE VESSEL TO A POINT OF USE TO MATINTAIN THE HEIGHT OF THE LIQUID PHASE IN THE VESSEL WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE OF HEIGHTS, DIVIDING THE LIQUID PHASE IN THEV ESSEL COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE PREDETERMINED RANGE OF HEIGHTS INTO A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF PORTIONS OF PREDETERMINED RELATIVE SIZE WITHIN THE VESSEL, COLLECTING EACH OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF THE LIQUID PHASE IN A SEPARATE COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE VESSEL, APPLYING THE GAS PRESSURE ABOVE THE UNDIVIDED LIQUID PHASE WITHIN THE VESSEL EQUALLY TO THE SURFACES OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF LIQUID IN EACH OF THEIR SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS, DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM EACH OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF LIQUID IN EACH VESSEL COPARTMENT TO A LIQUID PROCESSING UNIT FOR TH LIQUID WITH THE FORCE OF THE GAS PRESSURE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING THE FORCE OF GAS PRESSURE TO RETARD THE FLOW OF THE OIL WELL MIXTURE INTO THE VESSEL, AND MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN EACH SEPARATE VESSEL COMPARTMENT HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF GAS FROM THE VESSEL WITH THE LIQUID DISCHARGED TO THE LIQUID PROCESSING UNIT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING THE FLUID MIXTURE OF OIL WELL PRODUCTION CONTAINING GAS TO PROCESSING UNITS, INCLUDING, FLOWING THE FLUID MIXTURE INTO A COMPARTMENT OF AN ELONGATED HORIZONTAL VESSEL WHICH COPARTMENT PROVIDES THE RESIDENCE TIME FOR THE GAS OF THE MIXTURE TO FORM A STRATUM ABOVE THE LIQUID PHASE, CONTROLLING THE DISCHARGE OF GAS FROM THE STRATUM ABOVE THE LIQUID PHASE FROM THE VESSEL TO A POINT OF USE TO MATINTAIN THE HEIGHT OF THE LIQUID PHASE IN THE VESSEL WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE OF HEIGHTS, DIVIDING THE LIQUID PHASE IN THEV ESSEL COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE PREDETERMINED RANGE OF HEIGHTS INTO A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF PORTIONS OF PREDETERMINED RELATIVE SIZE WITHIN THE VESSEL, COLLECTING EACH OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF THE LIQUID PHASE IN A SEPARATE COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE VESSEL, APPLYING THE GAS PRESSURE ABOVE THE UNDIVIDED LIQUID PHASE WITHIN THE VESSEL EQUALLY TO THE SURFACES OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF LIQUID IN EACH OF THEIR SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS, DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM EACH OF THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF LIQUID IN EACH VESSEL COPARTMENT TO A LIQUID PROCESSING UNIT FOR TH LIQUID WITH THE FORCE OF THE GAS PRESSURE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING THE FORCE OF GAS PRESSURE TO RETARD THE FLOW OF THE OIL WELL MIXTURE INTO THE VESSEL, AND MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN EACH SEPARATE VESSEL COMPARTMENT HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF GAS FROM THE VESSEL WITH THE LIQUID DISCHARGED TO THE LIQUID PROCESSING UNIT.