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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Rae Andrew Younger, Aberdeenshire, GB;

Richard Mark Pye, Aberdeenshire, GB;

Christopher Wrighton, Aberdeenshire, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/02 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/35 (2020.05); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/02 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 2200/05 (2020.05);
Abstract

A solids trap module for an electrical submersible pump (ESP) of a wellbore is provided. The module includes a solids buffer and a fluid passage, the fluid passage having a first segment configured to redirect a fluid in a first angular direction relative to an axial axis, and a second segment configured to redirect at least a portion of the redirected fluid flow in a second angular direction different than the first angular direction. The first segment, the second segment, and the solids buffer are configured to cooperate to cause settling of solids entrained by the fluid flowing through the solids trap module during a period when the ESP does not operate and to re-entrain settled solids into the fluid flowing through the solids trap module when the ESP is operating.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Younger, Rae. (2026). Downhole sand trap (U.S. Patent No. 12618316). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12618316

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