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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael C. Romer, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Rosmer Maria Brito Jurado, Spring, TX (US);
Tony W. Hord, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/123 (2013.01); E21B 34/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and a method are provided for protecting a gas lift valve (GLV) from erosion. An example system includes a gas lift valve that includes an unloading protection orifice, and wherein the unloading protection orifice unloading protection orifice includes a different open area than a valve seat in the gas lift valve.