SELF-ALIGNING BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR DOWNHOLE MOTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240060367A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18385308

    申请日:2023-10-30

    发明人: Volker Peters

    IPC分类号: E21B7/06

    CPC分类号: E21B7/067 E21B4/003

    摘要: An apparatus for use in a wellbore includes a drill string section, a drive shaft disposed in the drill string section, a bearing assembly connected to the drive shaft, and an alignment assembly connecting the bearing assembly to the drill string section. The alignment assembly has a first alignment member and a second alignment member slidingly engaging one another to allow at least a portion of the bearing assembly to tilt relative to the drill string section. A related method includes the steps of positioning a drive shaft in a drill string section; connecting a bearing assembly to the drive shaft using the alignment assembly, the alignment assembly having a first alignment member and a second alignment member; and allowing at least a portion of the bearing assembly to tilt relative to the drill string section using the alignment assembly by having the first alignment member and the second alignment member slidingly engage one another.

    Abrasion-resistant thrust bearings for ESP pump

    公开(公告)号:US11326606B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16565026

    申请日:2019-09-09

    摘要: A multistage centrifugal pump has a rotatable shaft, a plurality of pump stages and a thrust module. Each of the plurality of pump stages has an impeller connected to the rotatable shaft and a stationary diffuser. The thrust module has a thrust runner and a unitary thrust pad. The unitary thrust pad has an axial wear face adjacent the thrust runner and a radial wear surface adjacent the rotatable shaft. The axial wear face and radial wear surface are integrated as a unitary component. The unitary thrust pad is secured to a thrust pad support with threaded fasteners that are torqued to a predetermined extent.

    METAL REMOVAL FROM FLUIDS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220010222A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17486689

    申请日:2021-09-27

    摘要: Metals, such as mercury, may be removed from aqueous, hydrocarbon, or mixed oilfield or refinery fluids by: applying a sulfur compound having the general formula HS—X, where X is a heteroatom substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and/or alkylaryl group either alone or in combination with or as a blend with at least one demulsifier, a buffering agent, a pour point depressant, and/or a water clarifier to chelate the at least one metal and form a chelate complex of the sulfur compound with the at least one metal and then separating the chelate complex from the fluid.

    CARBON DISULFIDE-MODIFIED AMINE ADDITIVES FOR SEPARATION OF OIL FROM WATER

    公开(公告)号:US20210387877A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17347359

    申请日:2021-06-14

    IPC分类号: C02F1/68 B01D17/04

    摘要: A carbon disulfide-modified amine additive may be introduced to an aqueous stream in an effective amount to separate oil from the water in the aqueous stream, such as separating at least some of the oil from emulsified oil-in-water in a production fluid, where the oil is crude oil. The carbon disulfide-modified amine additive may be produced from a reaction of synthetic amine, natural amines, or chemically modified natural amines with carbon disulfide and an α,β-unsaturated compound and/or an epoxide in one step. In one non-limiting embodiment, the amine is a natural amine or chemically modified natural amine of a polysaccharide containing amino functional group(s). Optionally, a base catalyst is used to make the carbon disulfide-modified amine additive.

    Motors for downhole tools devices and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US11193354B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16213451

    申请日:2018-12-07

    IPC分类号: E21B41/00

    摘要: A motor includes one or more actuator, one or more one passive members, and one or more pushing members. The actuator(s) vibrate along a first axis. The vibrations vary a dimension of the actuator(s) as measured along the first axis. The passive member(s) rotate around a second axis that is substantially parallel to the first axis. The pushing member(s) are positioned between the actuator(s) and the passive member(s). The pushing member(s) are fixed to the actuator(s) and have a contact surface frictionally engaging and applying a mechanical force to the passive member (s). The pushing member(s) have an asymmetric rigidity along the first axis. The motor and a power consumer may be conveyed into a wellbore. The motor may be energized to supply mechanical power to the power consumer.

    Decreasing foulant deposition on at least one surface by contacting the surface(s) with at least one protein

    公开(公告)号:US11162017B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16233813

    申请日:2018-12-27

    摘要: Corrosion and/or calcium scale deposition on a surface in contact with corrosion forming components and/or scale forming components within a subterranean formation may be decreased, prevented, and/or inhibited by contacting the surface with at least one protein. The protein(s) may be or include, but is not limited to, at least one aspein protein, at least one aspolin protein, at least one dentine protein, at least one DRICH-1 protein, at least one nacrein protein, at least one SMDT-1 protein, derivatives thereof, fragments thereof, mimetics thereof, and combinations thereof. The surface may be or include, but is not limited to a metal surface, a plastic surface, a ceramic surface, a painted surface, a coated surface, and combinations thereof.