Steam diverter apparatus and expansion joint
AssigneeTier 1 Energy Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDaniel P. Lupien, Ronald Scott Alders, Jeffrey Golinowski
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Abstract
An apparatus for installation into a tubing string and includes a selectively openable section for controlling steam diversion during a SAGD operation and an integral expansion joint section comprising a telescoping mechanism for expanding or contracting the apparatus in response to thermally induced expansion or contraction of the tubing string during the SAGD operation.
Claims12
An apparatus for installation into a tubing string and comprising a selectively openable section for controlling steam diversion during a SAGD operation and an integral expansion joint section comprising a telescoping mechanism for expanding or contracting the apparatus in response to thermally induced expansion or contraction of the tubing string during the SAGD operation.
A SAGD steam injection tubing string having a horizontal portion, comprising a plurality of steam diverters which comprise a selectively openable section for controlling steam diversion during a SAGD operation and a plurality of expansion joints each comprising a telescoping mechanism for expanding or contracting the apparatus in response to thermally induced expansion or contraction of the tubing string during the SAGD operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.