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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Maher Maqbool Shariff, Dhahran, SA;
Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Dhahran, SA;
Olanrewaju Malcolm Oshinowo, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 7/01 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E02B 13/00 (2006.01); E02B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 7/01 (2013.01); E02B 3/02 (2013.01); E02B 13/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stabilizing gas/liquid flow in a vertical conduit by utilizing one or more flow stabilizing devices positioned inside the conduit along a structural support tube. The flow stabilizing devices are configured and dimensioned to accelerate the velocity of the flowing two-phase fluid mixture in the conduit to sustain upward liquid flow.