摘要:
A separator apparatus is described for separating liquids and solids from a gas. The separator apparatus includes a reverse flow cyclone comprising a cylindrical section, a conical section, and a top, the cylindrical section having a feed inlet, the top having a gas outlet, and the conical section having a reject outlet at the bottom thereof. An axial cyclone is disposed in the cylindrical section, the axial cyclone oriented with a first end located proximate to the top of the apparatus and a second end opposite the first end, the axial cyclone having a tapered entrance fixture at the second end thereof and having a wall with a plurality of openings located between the first end of the axial cyclone and a midpoint of the axial cyclone. A drain plate is coupled to the cylindrical section below the openings of the axial cyclone.
摘要:
This invention proposes a method for completing an interval of an open-hole injection wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, said wellbore being communicating with the formation by way of an interface that comprises at least a filter cake invaded zone comprising bridging materials and other embedded solid materials, said method comprising the steps of injecting a clean-up fluid and contacting it with the filtercake for a period of time sufficient to loose some of the other solids embedded in the filter cake; removing the loosened solids by a high-rate displacement fluid comprising suspending additives; and then injecting a dissolving fluid comprising a diverter and an effective amount of a salt or acid capable of dissolving the bridging material.
摘要:
In the representative embodiment of the new and improved apparatus disclosed herein for testing earth formations of differing compositions, fluid-admitting means are selectively extended into sealing engagement with a potentially-producible earth formation. Upon placement of the fluid-admitting means into communication with the isolated formation, a selectivelyadjustable filter of a unique design cooperates therewith so that the typically-large particles of mudcake from the isolated formation wall will pass through the filter without plugging the fluid-admitting means. Should, however, loose formation materials begin entering the fluid-admitting means as the testing is conducted, the filter is responsively adjusted so as to retain these typically-smaller materials and halt their further erosion from the formation wall thereby assuring continued communication with the isolated formation.
摘要:
In the representative embodiment of the present invention disclosed herein, new and improved selectively-operated perforating apparatus is arranged to include two or more enclosed thin-walled tubular carriers carrying a corresponding number of sets of shaped explosive charges which are to be independently actuated for successively perforating a cased well bore at selected depth intervals. To effectively protect the charges in the yet-unfired carriers during the sequential operation of the perforating apparatus, the carriers are tandemly joined by a unique shock-isolating inter-carrier coupler cooperatively arranged for carrying interconnecting wires between the carriers as well as for at least substantially absorbing the longitudinally directed and laterally directed explosive shocks or impacts which are inherently developed by such sequential firing operations.
摘要:
In the representative embodiment of the invention disclosed herein, delicate instruments and electronic circuitry used for obtaining downhole measurements are mounted within an elongated housing which is removably disposed within a tubular well tool body and uniquely restrained from movement in response to impacts or vibrations which might otherwise damage or destroy the components. In this preferred arrangement, at least one set of angularly disposed transverse clamps is mounted on the housing and respectively arranged for being laterally extended against the internal wall of the tubular tool body in response to increased well bore pressure as the tool is lowered into a well bore. Although the clamps are normally retracted to enable the housing to be readily moved into and out of the tool body at the surface, the pressure-induced frictional restraint between the extended clamps and the body walls will reliably restrain the housing and its components from both lateral and torsional movements in response to impacts or vibrations of a potentiallydestructive magnitude.
摘要:
In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention as disclosed herein, an anchor assembly includes oppositely directed slip members that are shiftable between retracted and extended positions by an associated expander, the slip members when retracted having rear portions that extend beyond or overlap the center line of the assembly to provide for a uniquely wide range of expansion diameters. The assembly is principally useful in anchoring drill stem testing tools in open boreholes.
摘要:
A method for disposing of liquid hydrocarbons produced during a well test utilizing a burner assembly that includes a cluster of atomizers mounted on the outer end of a boom. The boom is adapted to be attached to the side of an offshore drilling rig. The atomizers are pointed in slightly divergent directions, with each atomizer forming a spray of hydrocarbons that burns along and about a flame line. A water injection system is associated with each atomizer and is provided with nozzles for injecting high velocity sprays of water droplets at low entry angle into the flame, the velocity, size and entry angle of the droplets being such that they penetrate deeply into the flame but do not pass completely through it. The result is to suppress the production of smoke and to reduce the amount of heat radiated by the flames.
摘要:
In the representative embodiment of the present invention disclosed herein, a new and improved perforating gun includes a plurality of relatively-short metal strips respectively carrying one or more encapsulated shaped explosive charges and which are tandemly intercoupled by unique couplings cooperatively arranged so that the strips can pivot freely about two perpendicular transverse axes but with little or no rotation or twisting of the strips about the longitudinal axis of the gun assembly. In this manner, the gun assembly can be readily dispatched through multicurved flow lines to selected remotely-situated sub-sea well bores and halted in a predetermined position with assurance that the several shaped charges will be oriented in a predetermined angular direction. The gun assembly may also include one or more tandemly-coupled tubular members which are connected between the gun positioner and the uppermost strip as required for locating the shaped charges at a predetermined distance below the positioner. These tubular members are cooperatively arranged for temporarily bending as the gun assembly is dispatched to a subsea well bore while still retaining the strips in a selected angular orientation relative to the gun positioner.
摘要:
In the representative embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention disclosed herein, a pair of force-measuring sleeves are telescoped together and coaxially mounted on a tubular body with their opposite ends engaged with opposed shoulders on the body so that, when the body is coupled into a well bore pipe string, even minor torsional or longitudinal forces acting on the body will cause proportional movement of the sleeve members in relation to one another. To detect these forces, a loop-like deformable member having circumferentially-spaced rings joined together by elongated strips or bars is coaxially disposed on the tubular body with the spaced rings tightly clamped between opposed shoulders on the sleeve members. Two or more arrays of strain gages respectively mounted on the rings and bars forming the loop are cooperatively arranged for providing electrical signals which are representative of the longitudinal and torsional forces imposed on the tubular body tending to dimensionally distort the loop-like member.
摘要:
In the preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed herein, new and improved fluid-investigating tools adapted for positioning in a production well are respectively provided with a selectively closed chamber adapted to entrap a representative sample of the well fluids flowing past the tool so that the fluid phases of different densities will become segregated. The tools are uniquely arranged to provide surface signals which are representative of the density of the segregated fluid phases at discrete intervals in the sample chamber for determining the volumetric proportions and densities of the well fluids.