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US 3,975,941 AGranted
Oil well rate metering method
AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
InventorHaldon J. Smith
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Abstract
A process for determining the production rate of an oil well by measuring the intensity of radiant heat from a fire at the end of a flowline leading from the oil well. The oil from the well head is lead through a horizontal flowline to a burn pit and ignited at the end of the flowline. The temperature of the fire is measured from a distance along a path at an angle to the flowline by use of a radiant energy thermoelectric transducer instrument and the reading of the instrument compared with a set of prepared tables.
Claims3
A method of determining the production rate of an oil or gas well comprising the steps of
- a. Leading the flow of fluid from the well into a pipe, open at its end,
- b. Igniting the fluid flowing from pipe,
- c. Determining the temperature of the flames by use of a remote radiant sensing apparatus, and
- d. Comparing the temperature determined in step c) with a set of numbers of a prepared table.
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