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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rajan N. Chokshi, Houston, TX (US);
Luis E. Gonzales, Houston, TX (US);
William C. Lane, The Woodlands, TX (US);
David A. Joy, Willis, TX (US);
Assignee:
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 34/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); G05B 19/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 34/16 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/121 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 47/0007 (2013.01); G05B 19/416 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49056 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to attenuating the effects of slugging based on one or more measurements of parameters from one or more locations in one or more wells. In some cases, a controller may be configured to attenuate the effects of slugging based on the one or more parameters, for example, by controlling a choke or an artificial lift. In certain aspects, the one or more locations may include downhole or at the surface of the one or more wells.