Device and method for cleaning a wellbore equipment
AssigneeBlue Spark Energy Inc.
InventorsCharles Fensky, Robert Harries, Steve Petten
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electrical discharge generating device for cleaning an equipment arranged in a wellbore of a subterranean formation in order to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases, said electrical discharge generating device comprising a discharge unit for generating at least one electrical discharge that propagates at least one shock wave for cleaning from said equipment, wherein said electrical discharge generating device further comprises a retaining module configured for retaining a volume of liquid in order to immerse the discharge unit.
Claims12
An electrical discharge generating device for cleaning an equipment arranged in a wellbore of a subterranean formation in order to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases, said electrical discharge generating device comprising a discharge unit for generating at least one electrical discharge that propagates at least one shock wave for cleaning said equipment, wherein said electrical discharge generating device further comprises a retaining module;
- wherein said retaining module comprises a retaining element fixed to the bottom part of the body of the device via a rod or a shaft and configured to retain a liquid in order to immerse the discharge unit when positioned in a wellbore;
- wherein the retaining module comprises a retaining element configured to retain a liquid in order to immerse the discharge unit when positioned in a wellbore;
- wherein the retaining element is fixed to the bottom part of the body of the device via a rod or a shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.