Apparatus and method for treatment of wells
AssigneeDowell Schlumberger Incorporated
InventorWillis C. Frison
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Abstract
An apparatus designed for the introduction or removal of fluids from a wellbore, which apparatus comprises an elongated, extendable member and means for extending it; attached to said extendable member a conduit adapted for carrying fluid along said member; and located near an extremity of the extendable member, a means for securing said conduit to the head of a wellbore to permit fluid flow through said conduit and into or from said wellbore. Also, a method for employing the foregoing apparatus to introduce or remove from a wellbore a fluid by attaching a securing means to a wellbore head and introducing into or removing therefrom a fluid by transporting said fluid through the conduit with a fluid transporting means, said fluid flowing in either direction as may be appropriate.
Claims18
An apparatus for the conveyance of a fluid, which apparatus is in communication with a wellbore, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) an elongated, extendable member anchored at a first end;
- (b) means for extending said member;
- (c) a conduit mounted on said extendable member in a manner which permits full extension of said member, said conduit communicating with a wellhead of the wellbore;
- (d) means positioned near a second end of the extendable member and connected to said conduit, for joining said conduit to the wellhead to establish the communication of the conduit with the wellhead.
A method of transporting a fluid through a conduit in communication with a wellbore which comprises (1) joining to a wellhead of a wellbore an apparatus which comprises:
- (a) an elongated, extendable member anchored at a first end;
- (b) means for extending said member;
- (c) a conduit associated with said extendable member in a manner which permits full extension of said member;
- (d) means positioned near a second end of the extendable member and associated with said conduit, for joining said conduit to the wellhead to establish communication of the conduit with the wellhead, by the means positioned near the second end;
- and,
- thereafter (2) causing said fluid to flow through the conduit in the direction desired by appropriately operating a fluid transportation means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.