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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Altus Intervention As, Stavanger, NO;
Rasmus Juhlin, Stavanger, NO;
Lasse Haugland, Bryne, NO;
Altus Intervention AS, Stavanger, NO;
Abstract
This invention relates to a movable collecting device () for downhole separation and removal of particulate matter () from a petroleum well, the collecting device () having a first end portion () and a second end portion (), an exterior and an interior; the collecting device () comprising an outer wall () extending axially from the first end portion () and to the second end portion (), a portion of the wall () surrounding a collecting chamber (); a nose () at the first end portion () comprises at least one external inlet (), the external inlet () being in fluid communication with the collecting chamber (); a drive unit () positioned at the second end portion (); and a means () for transporting the particulate matter () from the exterior of the collecting device () to the interior of the collecting device () through the external inlet (), and a portion of the wall () comprises a screen in fluid communication with the collecting chamber () and the collecting device's () exterior. Use of a screen () to form at least a portion of a wall () surrounding a collection chamber () in a movable collection device () is described as well.