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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicants:
William James Hughes, Bixby, OK (US);
Jack Everett Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
William James Hughes, Bixby, OK (US);
Jack Everett Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sunstone Technologies, LLC, Oklahama City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a jet pump assembly affixed to a riser string and to a blowout preventer. The jet pump assembly comprises a conduit and a sealing assembly configured to accelerate a drilling fluid's return flow by a power fluid delivered by an umbilical connected to the conduit.