Fluid homogenizer system for gas segregated liquid hydrocarbon wells and method of homogenizing liquids produced by such wells
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsBrian A. Roth, Rafael Lastra
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Abstract
A method of homogenizing a production fluid from an oil well having one or more wellbores includes separating gas from the production fluid in a vertical or horizontal section of a well casing at a first location spaced from a heel portion of a wellbore, and injecting the separated gas into the production fluid at a second location spaced from the heel portion of the wellbore and provided downstream of the first location.
Claims9
A method of homogenizing production fluid from an oil well having one or more wellbores, the method comprising the steps of:
- separating the gas from the production fluid in a vertical or horizontal section of a well casing at a first location spaced from a heel portion of a wellbore;
- injecting the separated gas into a vertical or horizontal flow tube through which the production fluid flows and which is provided at a second location spaced from the heel portion;
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- wherein the second location is downstream of the first location.
An apparatus for homogenizing a production fluid from an oil well having one or more well-bores, the apparatus comprising:
- a gas separation device provided in a vertical or horizontal section of a well casing at a first location spaced from a heel portion of a well bore for separating gas from the production fluid;
- a vertical or horizontal flow tube through which the production fluid flows and which is provided at a second location spaced from the heel portion of the wellbore, the second location being downstream of the first location;
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- an injector for injecting the separated gas into the flow tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.