Reach (formely Hicor) offers rotary multiphase compression technology. The technology enables producers to simplify wellhead footprint, reduce field energy consumption, increase well production lifetime, and comply with the highest environmental standards by eliminating wellsite emissions.

HOW IT WORKS:

• Oblong rotor compresses gas
• Liquid either injected in, or in stream cools via vaporization

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Liquid handling: The design of the compressor uses liquid injection and can also handle liquid in the inlet. This both allows for use in multiphase flows, and allows for very high (30x) compression ratios without risk of overheating.

Low inlet pressure: Due to the high compression ratio, the unit can pull pressures down to nearly atmospheric pressure, allowing similar unloading to venting operations (without the loss of product or HSE issues)

High efficiency: Since the unit is a compressor, not a pump, it does not require a high liquid ratio and is highly efficient at low liquid volume fractions, allowing lower cost and smaller footprint than multiphase pumps

Aimed for higher gas volume applications.

Wellhead compression: The ability to handle gas and liquid mixtures and for high compression ratios allows for use on wellheads for compression and conveyance. This allows separation facilities to be moved to more efficient centralized locations, and can reduce pad footprint by utilizing one stage without local separators

Artificial lift support: Since the unit has a high compression ratio, and can drop pressure nearly to atmospheric, while maintaining reasonable discharge pressure, the unit can support several methods of artificial lift. Plunger lift can be enhanced by deliquification, while other forms of lift can be enhanced by reduced back pressure

Bottleneck removal: In some wells, backpressure from midstream assets leads to reduced production. The compressor can eliminate these bottlenecks