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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

May. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Stephen Mescall, Kilrush, IE;

Matthew C. Stone, Broussard, LA (US);

Louis F. Lafleur, Cypress, TX (US);

James Joseph Freeman, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Mescall, Kilrush, IE;

Matthew C. Stone, Broussard, LA (US);

Louis F. LaFleur, Cypress, TX (US);

James Joseph Freeman, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0078 (2013.01); E21B 34/063 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system monitors and controls the injection of additives into formation fluids recovered through a well may include a plurality of nozzles that receive the injection fluid from an umbilical disposed in a well. Each nozzle may have an associated flow control element that is configured to affect a flow of the injection fluid ejected through the associated nozzle. The umbilical may include one or more filters positioned in a first of two parallel conduits formed along the umbilical. An occlusion member restricts in a second of the two conduits. The occlusion member permits flow in the second conduit after a predetermined pressure differential exists in the second conduit. The system may include a plurality of pressure sensors disposed along the umbilical, and an injector unit that dispenses fluid into the umbilical. A controller operatively coupled to the injector unit operates the injector in response to measurements from the pressure sensors.


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