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Patent No.:

US 11802645 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2020

Flow management systems and related methods for oil and gas applications

Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Maher Maqbool Shariff, Dhahran, SA;

Taras Yurievich Makogon, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Minh Q Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 51/02 (2006.01); F17D 1/08 (2006.01); F17D 1/20 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); F16L 55/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/24 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/043 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 51/024 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01); F16L 51/025 (2013.01); F17D 1/08 (2013.01); F17D 1/20 (2013.01); B08B 9/043 (2013.01); E21B 17/00 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 33/127 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01); F16L 55/00 (2013.01); F16L 55/24 (2013.01); G05D 7/0629 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flow management system includes an expandable device configured for attachment to a wall surface of a conduit and being adjustable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, an electric actuator in fluid communication with the expandable device, and a control module. The control module is configured to control the electric actuator to flow a current to the expandable device to expand the expandable device for compacting a flow blockage within the conduit to create a channel adjacent the flow blockage and to terminate a flow of the current to the expandable device to collapse the expandable device for opening the channel to a fluid flow within the conduit.

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