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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Pioneer Energy, Lakewood, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kevin D Hotton, Pagosa Springs, CO (US);
Eyal Mordechai Aronoff, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gevorg Noland Sargsyan, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/40 (2006.01); B01D 3/42 (2006.01); B01D 3/14 (2006.01); C09K 8/592 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/40 (2013.01); B01D 3/143 (2013.01); B01D 3/42 (2013.01); C09K 8/592 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that separates the wellhead fluid into four streams consisting of water, crude, residue gas and an NGL injectant fluid stream. The natural gas liquids injectant fluid stream has characteristics that are desirable for enhanced oil recovery namely, unfractionated natural gas liquids mix with high concentration of methane and ethane while still remaining at liquid phase when leaving the system.