Downhole liquid/gas separation system with gas discharge tool
US12378867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2022 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B43/121
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A gas separation system can include a gas separator tool, and a gas discharge tool including an inner flow passage formed through a tube and configured to convey separated liquids, and discharge ports configured to discharge well fluids upwardly into an area surrounding the tube. A method of separating gas from liquids of well fluids produced from a subterranean well can include connecting a gas separator tool and a gas discharge tool to a production tubing string, positioning the gas separator tool and the gas discharge tool in the well, so that the well fluids are produced into the gas separator tool, receiving the well fluids from the gas separator tool into the gas discharge tool, and discharging the well fluids from the gas discharge tool into a radially enlarged section of an annulus surrounding the gas discharge tool.
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