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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Jamie Cochran, Aberdeenshire, GB;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) deployable in a production tubing includes a foam assembly and a swab assembly. The foam assembly includes a check valve unit coupled to a chemical canister. The swab assembly is coupled to the foam assembly. The swab assembly includes a swab mandrel and a plurality of swab cups. A method for initiating natural flow in a well includes conveying a bottom hole assembly (BHA) on a slickline to a first depth into a production tubing, holding the BHA stationary in the static fluid, releasing a foaming chemical from the chemical canister to the production tubing via the check valve unit, activating the foaming chemical to form a foam, opening a well flowline, and swabbing at least a portion of the production tubing with the swabbing assembly of the BHA by at least partially removing the BHA from the production tubing.