Virtual multiphase flowmeter system

    公开(公告)号:US11280141B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16519481

    申请日:2019-07-23

    Abstract: A technique facilitates monitoring fluid phases of a multiphase flow during, for example, well fluid production operations. According to an embodiment, data may be obtained from devices, such as chokes and pressure sensors. This data is then processed to identify phases of the multiphase well fluid flow. The use of data from such well related devices effectively establishes a virtual multiphase flowmeter. However, the output from the virtual multiphase flowmeter may be calibrated periodically by taking measurements from an actual multiphase flowmeter. In some embodiments, the data from a plurality of flow meters having differing physical operating principles may be correlated in a manner to obtain additional parameters related to the multiphase well fluid flow.

    Contoured integrated seat for ball valve

    公开(公告)号:US11274751B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16755170

    申请日:2018-10-09

    Abstract: Valves having seats and counterseats with various contours are provided. In one embodiment, a valve includes a body and a flow control assembly inside the body. The flow control assembly includes a ball, a seat installed on the ball, and a counterseat. The ball is rotatable between open and closed positions to control flow through the body and the seat and counterseat include mating surfaces that engage when the ball is in the closed position such that the seat seals against the counterseat along the mating surfaces. Further, the mating surface of the counterseat can be a concave surface, the mating surface of the seat can be a convex surface, and at least one of the mating surfaces can have a toroidal contour.

    Rotating control device system with rams

    公开(公告)号:US11274517B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16885356

    申请日:2020-05-28

    Abstract: A rotating control device (RCD) system includes a housing having a bore, a first ram assembly supported in the housing, and a second ram assembly supported within the housing. The first ram assembly includes a first ram and a first packer coupled to the first ram, and the second ram assembly includes a second ram and a second packer coupled to the second ram. The RCD system also includes a bearing assembly configured to enable the first packer and the second packer to rotate relative to the first ram and the second ram.

    GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220065834A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17446845

    申请日:2021-09-03

    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein generally relate to greenhouse gas emission monitoring and, more particularly, to a greenhouse gas emission monitoring workflow using various different types of sensors. For example, a system includes a plurality of sensors located within an oil and gas worksite. At least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect a status of equipment at the oil and gas worksite. The system also includes a greenhouse gas emission analysis system configured to receive sensor data from the plurality of sensors. The greenhouse gas emission analysis system is also configured to correlate the sensor data from the plurality of sensors (e.g., using one or more reduced order models (ROMs) that reduce the computational complexity of computational fluid dynamics model simulations of previously collected data relating to operation of the oil and gas worksite). The greenhouse gas emission analysis system is further configured to determine an existence of a greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite, a location of the greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite, and a quantity of the greenhouse gas emission within the oil and gas worksite based at least in part on the correlation.

    Measuring Backlash of a Pump Gear Train

    公开(公告)号:US20220065242A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17009259

    申请日:2020-09-01

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for measuring backlash of a gear train of a pump unit for pumping a fluid. An example method may include locking a crankshaft of the pump unit such that the crankshaft cannot rotate. The method may further include commencing operation of a processing device to receive rotational position measurements indicative of rotational position of an output shaft of a prime mover, cause the prime mover to rotate the output shaft in a first direction until the output shaft reaches a first rotational position, and cause the prime mover to rotate the output shaft in a second direction until the output shaft reaches a second rotational position. The processing device may then determine backlash of the gear train by determining rotational distance between the first rotational position of the output shaft and the second rotational position of the output shaft.

    Process scheme to improve divalent metal salts removal from mono ethylene glycol (MEG)

    公开(公告)号:US11203560B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US15784913

    申请日:2017-10-16

    Abstract: A MEG reclamation process includes the step of increasing above 2,000 ppm the divalent metal salts concentration of a rich (wet) MEG feed stream flowing into a precipitator. The increasing step includes routing a salts-saturated MEG slipstream from the flash separator it to the precipitator. The slipstream may be mixed with a fresh water feed stream, a portion of the rich MEG feed stream, or some combination of the two. The rich MEG feed stream also may be split into two streams, with a portion of the stream being heated and routed to the flash separator and the other portion being combined as above with the removed slipstream. The process can be performed on the slipstream after dilution and prior to entering the precipitator or after being loaded into the precipitator. Removal of the insoluble salts may be done in either a batch or continuous mode.

    Rotating control device system
    49.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11187056B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16871891

    申请日:2020-05-11

    Abstract: A rotating control device (RCD) system includes a housing having a bore, a seal element positioned within the housing, a piston assembly supported within the housing and configured to drive the seal element to seal the bore, and a bearing assembly supported within the housing and configured to enable the seal element to rotate relative to the housing. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing section positioned between the housing and the seal element and a second bearing section positioned between a piston of the piston assembly and the seal element.

    Fingerboard
    50.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11187049B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16562463

    申请日:2019-09-06

    Abstract: A fingerboard has a first portion configured to receive a first pipe and a second portion configured to receive a second pipe. The fingerboard includes a fixed section and a movable section, each having fingers and latches that define a pipe receiving space. The pipe receiving space of the fixed section is sized for drill pipe while the pipe receiving space of the movable section may be the same size as the pipe receiving space of the fixed section or a different size than the pipe receiving space of the fixed section. The movable section has a first and a second pipe receiving spaces. The second pipe receiving space may be larger than the first pipe receiving space. A hinge moves the movable section to selectively locate the first pipe receiving portion and the second pipe receiving portion adjacent to the fixed section. A mover, such as a hydraulic cylinder, is affixed to the movable section.

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