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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Kempson Shaw, Claremore, OK (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/300 ; E21B 4/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/300 ; E21B 4/312 ;
Abstract
Methods for staged production from a wellbore include pumps sequentially operated during the life of the well. In described embodiments, production assemblies are used for progressive staged production process in which the production tubing is bifurcated to provide a pair of legs. One of the legs includes a first pump that may be selectively actuated to flow fluid through one of the legs. Means are also provided, including a sliding sleeve and a flapper valve diverter, for blocking production fluid flow through one leg or the other. A second fluid pump is lowered inside of the production tubing to pump fluid after the first pump has failed.