Method and apparatus for lifting liquids from gas wells
US7210532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/2934
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A downhole apparatus and method for maintaining or reducing the level of liquids at the bottom of a gas producing well is described including a constriction or throat section, such as a Venturi, in which a production gas flow from the well is used to generate a low pressure zone having a pressure less that the ambient formation gas pressure and at least one conduit providing a flow path from an up-stream location within said well to said low pressure zone. The conduit may have additional opening for production gas to enter the conduit.
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