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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald C. Nelson, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Donald Wallace Ekdahl, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/518 ; E21B 4/908 ; G01F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/518 ; E21B 4/908 ; G01F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A well tester adapted to select among members of an oil well family to provide a purged and clean vessel to receive samples of well production that include gas and oil, and by selective use of production pressure and lease water under pressure, allow for the separation and separate measure of the oil and gas, and optionally to provide for improved sampling of production fluids with high gas/oil ratios.