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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Casey Laine Newport, Tulsa, OK (US);

Donn J. Brown, Tulsa, OK (US);

Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth, Tulsa, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/38 (2013.01); B01D 19/0057 (2013.01); E21B 43/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

Pumping of wellbore fluid to a surface may have a detrimental effect on the pump performance due to high gas concentrations in the fluid. A pump system that utilizes a helix gas separator provides greater pump efficiency by effectively removing the gas phase of the fluid. The wellbore fluid received at a pump system is directed from an intake to a gas separator that utilizes a stationary auger. The stationary auger induces rotational motion of the wellbore fluid causing the wellbore fluid to separate into a gas phase and a liquid phase. The stationary auger utilizes a tapered diameter and an opening between one or more helixes or vanes to separate a gas phase more efficiently from a liquid phase of a fluid.


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