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6755255 Method and apparatus for providing a portable flow line and measuring unit for an oil and/or gas well  
The disclosed invention comprises an apparatus and method for producing hydrocarbons from an oil well where no production lines are in place, or where the backpressure of existing production lines...
6752214 Extended reach tie-back system  
A system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsea well comprises an unmanned floating platform positioned over the well, the platform including equipment for inserting coiled tubing or wireline...
6746221 Traveling valve for sucker rod pumps  
A traveling valve for use in a sucker rod pump having a cylindrical housing having an interior passageway and a tapered shoulder formed therein and a piston received within the interior passageway...
6730236 Method for separating liquids in a separation system having a flow coalescing apparatus and separation apparatus  
A flow conditioning apparatus, a separation system which includes the flow conditioning apparatus and cooperating downstream separation equipment, and a method of using the system are described....
6715556 Gas restrictor for horizontally oriented well pump  
An intake assembly for a well pump restricts gas entry into the pump when the pump is located in a horizontal section of the well bore. The restrictor is located within a tubular intake housing....
6705402 Gas separating intake for progressing cavity pumps  
A downhole pump assembly is suspended by tubing in a well. The pump assembly has a separator attached below a progressing cavity pump with a flexible shaft to accommodate the concentric path of the...
6702027 Gas dissipation chamber for through tubing conveyed ESP pumping systems  
A gas dissipation chamber, installed between the tubing crossover and the production tubing string, for a through tubing conveyed ESP pumping system prevents gas discharged from the gas separator...
6698521 System and method for removing solid particulates from a pumped wellbore fluid  
A system for removing solid particulates from a production fluid. The system includes a solid separator to remove the solid particulates from the production fluid to reduce pump component wear. The...
6679332 Petroleum well having downhole sensors, communication and power  
A petroleum well has an electronic module and a number of sensors which communicate with the surface using the tubing string and casing as conductors. Induction chokes at the surface and downhole...
6672387 Oil and gas production with downhole separation and reinjection of gas  
A system (SPARC) for producing a mixed gas-oil stream wherein gas is to be separated and compressed downhole in a turbine-driven compressor before the gas is injected into a subterranean formation....
6662875 Induction choke for power distribution in piping structure  
A current impedance device for routing a time-varying electrical current in a piping structure comprising an induction choke. The induction choke is generally concentric about a portion of the...
6659176 Method for monitoring remediation of non aqueous phase solution  
A method and apparatus for remediation of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL), including the use of a prior art hydrophobic adsorption system including a continuous loop of adsorptive material, with a...
6619401 Methods of completing a subterranean well  
An expandable well screen has a desirable thin-wall construction together with a simplified fabrication method. In fabricating the screen, a flexible sheet of metal mesh filter media is diffusion...
6615924 Apparatus and system control for the removal of fluids and gas from a well  
Apparatus and system control for the removal of fluids and gas from a well comprising a winch for removing the oil, a temporary storage tank, a bailer tube, and a bailer tube housing assembly...
6615925 Pump control method and apparatus  
Apparatus and system control and method for the removal of fluids and gas from a well comprising a winch for removing the oil, a temporary storage tank, a bailer tube, and a bailer tube housing...
6598681 Dual gearbox electric submersible pump assembly  
The present invention provides a electric submersible pump assembly for producing a fluid from a production zone to the surface and operated independently by one or more electric submersible motors...
6595295 Electric submersible pump assembly  
The present invention provides an electric submersible pumping assembly that includes an encapsulated pumping device containing a pump, an electric submersible motor, a sealing device at the top,...
6595294 Method and device for gas lifted wells  
A method and stabilizing gas lift controller for controlling the production flow rate of an oil well, which well comprises at least one gas injection choke ( 3 ) and/or at least one production...
6591903 Method of recovery of hydrocarbons from low pressure formations  
The subject invention is directed to a method for the surface recovery of hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir. The reservoir can be a formation found in sandstone, carbonate, coal bed or...
6585049 Dual displacement pumping system suitable for fluid production from a well  
A dual displacement pumping system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a subsurface pump, a tubing string, and a surface pumping unit connected to the subsurface pump by a...
6557639 Apparatus and method for pumping fluids for use with a downhole rotary pump  
An apparatus and method for pumping fluids in a wellbore. The apparatus includes a pipe string in the wellbore extending between a wellhead end and a production end, the pipe string defining an...
6543542 Crude oil recovery system  
A crude oil recovery system includes a downhole pump and an extension that extends below the downhole pump. The extension has an extension inlet positioned below the lowest drawdown level...
6533039 Well completion method and apparatus with cable inside a tubing and gas venting through the tubing  
A packer is disposed within a wellbore casing. The packer defines a first and a second zone of the wellbore. A submersible pumping system is used to displace liquid from the first zone of the...
6533038 Method of achieving a preferential flow distribution in a horizontal well bore  
A method of achieving a preferential flow distribution in a horizontal well bore. This method consists of the step of positioning in a horizontal wellbore a slotted liner having a plurality of...
6508308 Progressive production methods and system  
Methods for staged production from a wellbore include pumps sequentially operated during the life of the well. In described embodiments, production assemblies are used for progressive staged...
6505682 Controlling production  
A tubing is used in a well bore capable of furnishing a well fluid. The tubing has an annular member having a passageway. The tubing has at least one port that is connected to detect a composition...
6502639 Hollow tubing pumping system  
Accordingly, an improved pumping system is herein disclosed. In one embodiment, the pumping system includes a subsurface pump, a tubing string, and a surface pumping unit. The subsurface pump is...
6497281 Cable actuated downhole smart pump  
Improvements in method and apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from marginal oil wells, especially wells that previously used standard pump jacks. Substitution of the present invention for prior...
6494258 Downhole gas-liquid separator for production wells  
A method and system for producing a mixed gas-oil stream wherein at least a portion of the gas is separated downhole by an auger separator which is comprised of an upstream and a downstream...
6464012 Oil lift system  
A wellhead assembly including a towable oil lift system, a drum, a wireline spooled on the drum, and a level wind mechanism is set forth to extend the wireline into and out of a well casing for...
6457531 Water separation system with encapsulated electric submersible pumping device  
The present invention provides a downhole water separation system with an encapsulated electric submersible pumping device for the separation and transfer of different density fluids in downhole...
6454010 Well production apparatus and method  
A well production apparatus includes a down-hole gear pump and a transport assembly to which the gear pump is attached. The transport assembly is formed from a string of modular pipe assemblies...
6439311 Method of retarding sand build up in heavy oil wells  
A method of retarding sand build up in heavy oil wells involving a first step of providing a pumping apparatus with subterranean impellers coupled to a rotary top drive unit by a plurality of...
6422318 Horizontal well system  
A horizontal well system, in accordance with the principles of the invention, includes a porous casing member having an interior space, a first end, and a second end, with at least a portion of the...
6422313 Apparatus and method for recovering waste production gases  
An apparatus and method for recovering waste production gas at an oil or gas production site using a gas-vacuum compressor, a gas-vacuum compressor cylinder or a regenerative vacuum blower to...
6415864 System and method for separately producing water and oil from a reservoir  
A system for reservoir control. The system allows segregated production of fluids, e.g. water and oil, to control the fluid-fluid interface. Downhole sensors are utilized in providing data about...
6378608 Apparatus and method for separating oil, water and solids  
An apparatus for separating water from an oil mixture extracted from a well that is adapted to be positioned downhole and that includes a hydrocyclone ( 6 ), an electrostatic coalescence unit ( 8...
6371206 Prevention of sand plugging of oil well pumps  
A method and apparatus for unblocking particulate plugs that develop in a well that produces fluid laden with suspended particles when a pump in the well is idled are described. In order to remove...
6364013 Shroud for use with electric submergible pumping system  
A shroud for use with a submergible pumping system. The shroud is disposed over a submergible motor and includes fluid channels for conducting heat away from the submergible motor. The shroud is...
6357530 System and method of utilizing an electric submergible pumping system in the production of high gas to liquid ratio fluids  
A system for producing production fluids from a wellbore while removing gas that collects in pockets within the wellbore. The system includes an electric submergible pumping unit. The unit includes...
6352111 Filter for subterranean wells  
A subterranean filter to remove particles from production fluid in a well includes a perforated inner member, at least one filter membrane made of a non-woven polymer material and a metal braided...
6298917 Coiled tubing system for combination with a submergible pump  
A coiled tubing system deploys an electric submergible pump system within a wellbore. The coiled tubing system includes an internal power cable for providing power to a submergible motor....
6283207 Method for controlling a hydrocarbons production well of the gushing type  
A method for controlling a gushing hydrocarbon production well is disclosed which utilizes a variable aperture outlet choke and a control system to dampen and minimize the effect of liquid and gas...
6279658 Method of forming and servicing wellbores from a main wellbore  
The present invention provides methods for forming multiple wellbores from a single location. A relatively large diameter main wellbore is drilled to a known depth. A plurality of spaced apart...
6267182 Method and equipment for offshore oil production with primary gas separation and flow using the injection of high pressure gas  
A subsea primary separating vessel (2,22) is installed close to the wellhead (1,31) of an oil producing well to effect primary separation of the liquid and gas phases of the fluids produced. A line...
6263965 Multiple drain method for recovering oil from tar sand  
A thermal method is described for recovering normally immobile hydrocarbon oil from a subsurface tar sand deposit. The procedure comprises: (a) establishing at least one substantially vertical...
6260619 Oil and gas production with downhole separation and compression of gas  
A method and system for producing a mixed gas-oil stream through a tubing wherein at least a portion of the gas is separated from the stream and flowed through a restriction in the tubing to cool...
6260628 Use of static mixing element in connection with flow of gas and liquids through a production tubing  
6260627 System and method for improving fluid dynamics of fluid produced from a well  
A system for pumping high gas-to-liquid ratio well fluids. The system includes a submersible pumping system having a submersible motor and a submersible pump driven by the motor. The system further...
6260626 Method and apparatus for completing an oil and gas well  
A technique is provided for supplying electrical power to a submersible pumping system in a well completion. The pumping system includes a submersible electric motor, a pump driven by the motor and...
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