Inflow device
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11162642B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16604861

    申请日:2018-04-05

    申请人: EQUINOR ENERGY AS

    摘要: A method of starting up flow of viscous oil in a pipeline, wherein the pipeline has an inlet and an outlet and wherein the viscous oil is initially stationary within the pipeline, includes supplying water to a first section of the pipeline through an inflow control device; initiating a flow of viscous oil within the first section towards the outlet by pressurising the water; supplying water to a second section of the pipeline through a further inflow wherein the first section is closer to the outlet of the pipeline than the second section; and initiating a flow of viscous oil within the second section towards the outlet by pressurising the water.

    Nanoparticles for use with drag reducer additives and method of use

    公开(公告)号:US10895349B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US15901501

    申请日:2018-02-21

    申请人: Robert Hyatt

    发明人: Robert Hyatt

    IPC分类号: F17D1/17

    摘要: Nanoparticles may be used in the formulation of long chain poly-alpha-olefins, commercially known as Drag Reducer Additives (“DRA”). These nanoparticles may be embedded in the original DRA formulation and/or added at some point in the pipeline application so they can then be used to destroy the DRA polymer by cleaving, interrupting or restructuring the DRA or otherwise breaking its bonds or to agglomerate or coagulate the polymer so it can be removed mechanically or chemically.