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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Jelle Sipke Bouma, Amsterdam, NL;
Eric Johannes Puik, Rijswijk, NL;
Paulus-henricus Joannes Verbeek, Rijswijk, NL;
Jelle Sipke Bouma, Amsterdam, NL;
Eric Johannes Puik, Rijswijk, NL;
Paulus-Henricus Joannes Verbeek, Rijswijk, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure concerns a static oil/water separation chamber that is installed in a well extending to an underaround production formation containing hydrocarbon oil and water. The separation chamber has an inlet for receiving well fluid from a section below the separation chamber and two outlets. One outlet discharges a water-enriched component into a discharge well section, and the other outlet produces an oil-enriched component. The height of the separation chamber is larger than the thickness of the dispersion band that is formed under normal operating conditions.