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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Jason Horst, Madisonville, LA (US);
Keith Doucet, Mandeville, LA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Horst, Madisonville, LA (US);
Keith Doucet, Mandeville, LA (US);
Assignee:
AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for heating produced fluid from a well, the heating apparatus comprising a produced fluid pathway; a heat generation system comprising a diesel engine, a heated hydraulic fluid pathway, and an engine coolant pathway; and a heat transfer system disposed between the produced fluid pathway and the heat generation system to transfer thermal energy from the heat generation system to a produced fluid contained within the produced fluid pathway.