Method and device for removing deposits from a formation fluid or gas transportation means
AssigneeBlue Spark Energy Inc.
InventorsTodd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for removing deposits from a component of a formation fluid or gas transportation means, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1) at least one shock wave into a shock wave transmitting liquid into said transportation means nearby said component and propagating (S2) said at least one shock wave toward the component for removing deposits from said component.
Claims15
A method for removing deposits from a component of a formation fluid or gas transportation means, said method comprising the steps of:
- generating at least one shock wave into a shock wave transmitting liquid at least partially delimited by a membrane into said transportation means nearby said component;
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- propagating said at least one shock wave through said membrane toward the component for removing deposits from said component.
A shock wave generating device for removing deposits from a component of a formation fluid or gas transportation means, said device comprising:
- a membrane delimiting at least partially a chamber which is at least partially filled with a shock wave transmitting liquid and which is adapted to be arranged into said transportation means nearby said component;
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- an electrical discharge unit for generating at least one electrical discharge that propagates at least one shock wave into said shock wave transmitting liquid and through said membrane nearby said component for removing deposits from said component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.