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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Donn J. Brown, Broken Arrow, OK (US);

Michael L. Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);

Stephen M. Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);

Richard D. Ornelaz, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 13/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/0005 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01); F04D 13/06 (2013.01); F04D 13/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes an electric submersible pump (ESP) configured for pumping fluid through a flow path. An autonomous inflow control device (AICD) is included in fluid communication with the flow path to separate one of gas or liquid out of the flow path. A method includes producing liquid from a wellbore using an electric submersible pump (ESP) in the wellbore. The method includes bypassing gas from a headspace the wellbore using an autonomous inflow control device (AICD) to prevent gas locking the ESP.


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