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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Hay Henderson, Inverbervie, GB;
Charles Cutler Britton, Houston, TX (US);
Neil Patrick Schexnaider, Rayne, LA (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/16 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/16 (2013.01); B01D 19/0026 (2013.01); B01D 19/0094 (2013.01); E21B 21/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
Degasser assemblies, systems and methods, including an air-driven degasser assembly that includes a degasser having a drive shaft with a seal that inhibits intrusion of ambient air and an air motor having a motor shaft that drives the drive shaft. The motor shaft is distinct from or integral to the drive shaft, and the air motor is positioned to direct air leakage around the motor shaft away from the seal.