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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Equinor Energy As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Alastair Buchanan, Stavanger, NO;
Ketil Pettersen, Stavanger, NO;
Tor Kindsbekken Kjeldby, Stavanger, NO;
Assignee:
EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2006.01); E21B 17/20 (2006.01); E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2013.01); E21B 17/01 (2013.01); E21B 17/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/121 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of separating fluid phases in a well or riser. The method comprises: locating an inlet device of a flexible tubing at a substantially horizontal portion of the well or riser, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the well or riser and the flexible tubing terminates at the inlet device; biasing the inlet device against a wall of the well or riser; and extracting a stratified fluid phase from the well or riser through the inlet device and flexible tubing, wherein a shape of the inlet device is configured to match a shape of the wall.