Slug catcher (finger type)
Company / operator legend practice (API 6A, API 521, API 537) / PIP PIC001
Drawn as
Several long parallel pipes (fingers) joined at the inlet end by a manifold, with gas risers at the inlet end and a liquid header at the far end.
Meaning
Pipeline slug catcher at an onshore terminal: the fingers store liquid slugs and the gas leaves from the top. Becomes slug-catcher.
Variants
- Vessel-type slug catchers are drawn as a large horizontal drum
Tags
V · SC