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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Amec Foster Wheeler Usa Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
John A. Austin, Katy, TX (US);
Raymond Christopher Young, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/032 (2006.01); F16L 1/16 (2006.01); F16L 55/38 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 31/12 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); B08B 9/055 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 5/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B08B 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/0321 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01); B08B 9/032 (2013.01); B08B 9/055 (2013.01); B08B 9/0553 (2013.01); B08B 9/0555 (2013.01); E21B 31/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); F16L 1/166 (2013.01); F16L 55/38 (2013.01); B08B 1/00 (2013.01); B08B 1/005 (2013.01); B08B 3/00 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); B08B 5/00 (2013.01); B08B 9/00 (2013.01); B08B 9/04 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04); Y10T 137/85978 (2015.04);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method for displacing fluid from a pipe. The method includes engaging a fluid-displacement system with the pipe. A displacement agent is pumped into the pipe via the fluid-displacement system. Fluid present within the pipe is displaced by the displacement agent. The pipe is manipulated in a desired manner.