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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hugues Dupont, Katy, TX (US);

Adam Zygmunt Cygan, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Stephen Dennis Parks, Houston, TX (US);

Christopher Del Campo, Houston, TX (US);

Alien Ugalde, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Christopher Irvine, Houston, TX (US);

Thomas Murray, Asker, NO;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/053 (2006.01); F15B 1/04 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/10 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/053 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/10 (2013.01); F15B 1/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 2049/085 (2013.01); F15B 2201/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for filling a pressure compensated fluid container with a liquid. An example method includes restraining movement of a piston slidably disposed within the fluid container in a first piston position, wherein the piston divides the fluid container into first and second portions. The method further includes pumping the liquid into the first portion to compress gas located within the first portion, stopping the pumping of the liquid into the first portion, and stopping the restraining of movement of the piston to permit the piston to move to a second piston position due to expansion of the gas compressed within the first portion.


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