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Oil well monitoring apparatus and method

US11873713B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2020
Grant dateJan 16, 2024
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F15/08
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an oil well monitoring apparatus and method. The oil well monitoring apparatus includes a mixed liquid inlet and a mixed liquid outlet of a mixed liquid of oil, gas, and water in a ground pipeline connected to a wellhead of an oil well, a gas-liquid separator, an inlet of which is connected to the mixed liquid inlet, and a liquid monitoring member, which is connected between a liquid outlet of the gas-liquid separator and the mixed liquid outlet, and a gas monitoring member, which is connected between a gas outlet of the gas-liquid separator and the mixed liquid outlet, and a data processing device, which is configured to calculate a liquid production amount of the oil well based on the liquid monitoring data and calculate a gas production amount of the oil well based on the gas monitoring data.

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