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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2016
Applicant:
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventor:
Hong-Quan Zhang, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2006.01); E21B 17/18 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2013.01); E21B 17/18 (2013.01); E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 2200/04 (2020.05);
Abstract
An eccentric pipe-in-pipe downhole gas separator apparatus for separation of gas from liquid in a downhole well. The separator apparatus includes an outer tube having an inner diameter and an inner tube having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the outer tube. The inner tube is eccentric to the outer tube wherein a conduit having a crescent shaped cross-section is formed between the inner diameter of the outer tube and the outer diameter of the inner tube.