Subsea pumping- and metering represent technologies which may contribute to simplifying and enabling developments of marginal, and remotely located oil & gas fields. The Asia Pacific region has already seen several subsea implementations of the multiphase technologies over the last years which include both subsea boosting- and metering. The multiphase technologies are particularly suitable for offshore- and subsea operations, and offer the operators a cost- effective solution. The multiphase technology area has gained experience through successful operation since the mid 90s. The fact that natural gas has increased its value in many parts of the world, has driven the request for the next technology step - wet gas compression. However, there are two different system approaches to this challenge; - True Wet Gas Compression - subsea rotating machinery working directly on the wellstream without or limited preprocessing, or - Subsea Gas Compression - marinized dry gas compressors with upstream well-stream processing and associated control systems This paper describes the development and full- scale test of a Multiphase Compressor, which is working directly on the well stream without pre- processing. A description of how this technology can simplify complex offshore field developments will be given, as well as an overview of the operating characteristics and main features of the compressor.
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