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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Toby Pugh, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Osman Nunez, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Michael Juenke, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04F 5/46 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04F 5/10 (2006.01); F04F 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04F 5/54 (2013.01); E21B 43/124 (2013.01); F04F 5/10 (2013.01); F04F 5/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

A jet pump of a downhole tool in a wellbore, wherein the jet pump has a nozzle in fluid communication with a throat and wherein the throat is further in fluid communication with a diffuser, the jet pump further having a central channel located towards an uphole end of the downhole tool, wherein the central channel is configured to house a volume of power fluid; a first annular channel defined in the downhole tool, wherein the first annular channel is arranged around the nozzle and in fluid communication with the central channel; a volume of production fluid located towards a downhole end of the downhole tool; a second annular channel defined in the downhole tool configured to house the volume of production fluid; and a reverse channel in fluid connection with the second annular channel, wherein the reverse channel is in fluid communication with the nozzle.


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