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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kalpesh Singal, Glenville, NY (US);

Deepak Aravind, Bangalore, IN;

Jeremy Daniel VanDam, Edmond, OK (US);

Yashwanth Tummala, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/16 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling a gas vent system to vent gas from a wellbore that includes a substantially horizontal portion. The method includes determining an initial operating mode of the gas vent system; generating one or more control signals established for the determined initial operation mode; and transmitting the one or more control signals to a gas vent valve that commands the closing or opening of the gas vent valve. A controller for use in venting gas from a wellbore is additionally disclosed.


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