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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Jerry L. Brady, Anchorage, AK (US);
James L. Cawvey, Anchorage, AK (US);
John M. Klein, Anchorage, AK (US);
Mark D. Stevenson, Anchorage, AK (US);
Steven J. Svedeman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven P. Petullo, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kerry N. Oliphant, Sandy, UT (US);
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for producing a mixed gas-oil stream which contains solid particulates wherein gas is to be separated and compressed downhole in a turbine-driven compressor before the gas is injected into a subterranean formation. The stream is passed through an upstream separator to separate out the particulates which pass through a first and second set of slots into first and second passages, both of which empty into a bypass through the turbine whereby the separated particulates do not contact the rotary vanes of the turbine thereby alleviating the erosive effects of the solids in the produced stream.