Wells – With eduction pump or plunger – Having liquid-gas separator
Patent
1995-05-12
1997-08-05
Schoeppel, Roger J.
Wells
With eduction pump or plunger
Having liquid-gas separator
E21B 4300
Patent
active
056532865
ABSTRACT:
A downhole gas separator is connected to the lower end of a tubing string. The separator includes a tubular body which has a decentralizer mounted to one side for driving the opposite side of the separator against an interior wall of the casing. This creates a narrow flow zone between the separator body and the adjacent casing wall and a wider flow zone on the decentralizer side of the body. A fluid inlet is provided on the side of the gas separator tubular body facing the narrow flow zone. The fluid in the narrow flow zone has a substantially higher concentration of liquid than the fluid in the wider flow zone. Fluid, primarily liquid, flows through the fluid inlet into a chamber within the separator. A dip tube transfers the fluid from the separator chamber to the pump.
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McCoy James N.
Podio Augusto L.
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