Monitoring the phase composition of production fluid from a hydrocarbon extraction well
OwnerJohn MacLean Wingateinventor
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a phase composition resulting from different phases in production fluid from at least one well of a plurality of hydrocarbon production wells is provided. The method comprises modulating a flow of production fluid from the at least one well; passing the flow of production fluid from each of the plurality of wells through a multiphase flow meter common to the plurality of wells; and processing data from the multiphase flow meter by responding to the modulation of the flow of the production fluid from the at least one well to produce information relating to the phase composition of the production fluid from the at least one well.
Claims16
A method of monitoring a phase composition resulting from different phases in production fluid from at least one well of a plurality of hydrocarbon production wells, the method comprising:
- modulating a flow of production fluid from the at least one well;
- passing the flow of production fluid from each of the plurality of wells through a multiphase flow meter common to the plurality of wells;
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- processing data from the multiphase flow meter by responding to the modulation of the flow of the production fluid from the at least one well to produce information relating to the phase composition of the production fluid from the at least one well.
A well system comprising:
- a plurality of hydrocarbon production wells;
- a multiphase flow meter configured to monitor a phase composition resulting from different phases in production fluid from at least one of the plurality of wells, wherein the multiphase flow meter is common to the plurality of wells;
- at least one choke through which the production fluid flows from at least one of the plurality of wells, the at least one choke being configured to modulate the flow of the production fluid from the at least one well;
- a manifold fluidly connected to each of the plurality of wells and fluidly connected to the multiphase flow meter, the manifold being configured to pass the production fluid from each of the wells through the multiphase flow meter;
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- a processer configured to process data from the multiphase flow meter and to respond to the modulation of the flow of production fluid from the at least one well to produce information relating to the phase composition of production fluid from the at least one well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.