Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas flow system
- Patent Title (中): 气体流量系统
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Application No.: US12231483Application Date: 2008-09-03
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Publication No.: US07954547B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Kenneth W. Lowe , Javier Alfonso Becaria Valero , Clarence Robert Dyck
- Applicant: Kenneth W. Lowe , Javier Alfonso Becaria Valero , Clarence Robert Dyck
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Assignee: EnCana Corporation
- Current Assignee: EnCana Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Agency: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP.
- Main IPC: E21B44/00
- IPC: E21B44/00

Abstract:
A gas flow system for removing a liquid from a well bore and allowing for gas production is provided. The gas flow system comprises a casing in the well bore for allowing flow of the liquid and gas; a tubing string in the casing for allowing flow of the liquid and gas; pressure measurement devices for use in determining a rate of liquid influx into the well bore; a casing control valve moveable between various positions ranging from fully open to fully closed for controlling flow through the casing; a tubing control valve moveable between various positions ranging from fully open to fully closed for controlling flow through the tubing; and flow measurement devices for determining the rate of flow through the tubing and the total rate of flow. The system is switchable between a current production phase and an alternate production phase based on the determined rate of liquid influx, a tubing critical velocity and a gas flow rate through the tubing, wherein switching from a current production phase to an alternate production phase results in the either or both of a decrease in liquid build-up in the well bore and an increase in gas production rate and wherein the current production phase differs from the alternate production phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100051267A1 Gas flow system Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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