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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Bryan V. Butler, Garrison, TX (US);
Gregory H. Chitty, Houston, TX (US);
Darcy Nott, Calgary, CA;
Jeffrey C. Saponja, Calgary, CA;
Peter B. Moyes, Aberdeen, GB;
Bryan V. Butler, Garrison, TX (US);
Gregory H. Chitty, Houston, TX (US);
Darcy Nott, Calgary, CA;
Jeffrey C. Saponja, Calgary, CA;
Peter B. Moyes, Aberdeen, GB;
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for removing hydrocarbons and other material from a wellbore. In one aspect, a method of drilling a sub-sea wellbore is provided. The method includes circulating a drilling fluid through a drill string from a surface of the sea to a drill bit in the wellbore. The method further includes pumping the fluid and drill cuttings from the sea floor to the surface with a multiphase pump having at least two plungers operating in a predetermined phase relationship. In another aspect, a fluid separator system having a first and a second plunger assembly is provided. The fluid separator system includes at least one fluid line for removing a fluid portion from the at least one plunger assembly and at least one gas line for removing gas from the first and a second plunger assembly.