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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:

Lufkin Industries, Inc., Lufkin, TX (US);

Inventor:

David W. Doyle, Lufkin, TX (US);

Assignee:

LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 47/02 (2006.01); F04B 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/127 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); F04B 47/02 (2013.01); F04B 47/04 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18182 (2015.01);
Abstract

Adaptable systems for a surface pumping unit that includes a low inertia pumping unit mechanism having a pneumatic counterbalance assembly are described, as well as methods for the use of such systems for subterranean fluid recovery. The system is capable of being integrated with well management automation systems, thereby allowing for response to active control commands, and automatically altering and/or maintaining a counterbalance force in the pumping unit by adding or removing air mass from a containment vessel associated with the pumping unit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Doyle, David. (2015). Low profile rod pumping unit with pneumatic counterbalance for the active control of the rod string (U.S. Patent No. 9115574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9115574

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