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US 8,616,272 B2Granted
Downhole water-oil separation arrangement and method
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsOleg A. Mazyar, Michael H. Johnson
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a downhole water-oil separation arrangement which includes a body having one or more portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a selected fluid. The body further will include one or more portions thereof that are configured to have an affinity to another fluid.
Claims13
A downhole water-oil separation arrangement comprising:
- a body having one or more first portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a first fluid and one or more second portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a second fluid, wherein at least one of the first or second portions of the body comprises shape memory material, and the body includes structure that facilitates fluid movement in the one or more first portions in a first direction and in the one or more second portions in a second direction, the first and second directions being differing directions.
A downhole water-oil separation arrangement comprising:
- a downhole container being selected from the group consisting of a completion member in a borehole and an open hole borehole;
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- a body positioned within the downhole container and having one or more first portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a first fluid and one or more second portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a second fluid, wherein at least one of the portions includes fluid permeable foam in contact with the downhole container.
A downhole water-oil separation arrangement comprising:
- a body having one or more first portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a first fluid and one or more second portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a second fluid;
- a first seal member disposed at a first end of the body, the first seal member selectively sealing the one or more first portions at the first end while allowing flow from the one or more second portions at the first end;
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- a second seal member disposed at a second end of the body, the second seal member selectively sealing the one or more second portions at the second end while allowing flow from the one or more first portions at the second end.
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