EP3612713A4 - Dual-walled coiled tubing with downhole flow actuated pump - Google Patents
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- EP3612713A4 EP3612713A4 EP18788267.5A EP18788267A EP3612713A4 EP 3612713 A4 EP3612713 A4 EP 3612713A4 EP 18788267 A EP18788267 A EP 18788267A EP 3612713 A4 EP3612713 A4 EP 3612713A4
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- coiled tubing
- downhole flow
- actuated pump
- flow actuated
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
- E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
- E21B43/129—Adaptations of down-hole pump systems powered by fluid supplied from outside the borehole
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
- E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
- E21B17/203—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables with plural fluid passages
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
- E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
- E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
- E21B43/13—Lifting well fluids specially adapted to dewatering of wells of gas producing reservoirs, e.g. methane producing coal beds
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B47/00—Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps
- F04B47/06—Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps having motor-pump units situated at great depth
- F04B47/08—Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps having motor-pump units situated at great depth the motors being actuated by fluid
- F04B47/10—Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps having motor-pump units situated at great depth the motors being actuated by fluid the units or parts thereof being liftable to ground level by fluid pressure
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US15/488,923 US10329887B2 (en) | 2015-03-02 | 2017-04-17 | Dual-walled coiled tubing with downhole flow actuated pump |
PCT/US2018/027553 WO2018194927A1 (en) | 2017-04-17 | 2018-04-13 | Dual-walled coiled tubing with downhole flow actuated pump |
Publications (3)
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EP3612713A1 EP3612713A1 (en) | 2020-02-26 |
EP3612713A4 true EP3612713A4 (en) | 2020-09-16 |
EP3612713B1 EP3612713B1 (en) | 2023-07-26 |
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EP18788267.5A Active EP3612713B1 (en) | 2017-04-17 | 2018-04-13 | Dual-walled coiled tubing with downhole flow actuated pump |
Country Status (7)
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EP (1) | EP3612713B1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN110537001B (en) |
AU (1) | AU2018255209B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA3060000C (en) |
CO (1) | CO2019012358A2 (en) |
RU (1) | RU2726704C1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2018194927A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
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CN113969887A (en) * | 2021-10-26 | 2022-01-25 | 河海大学 | Fluid-driven pump device |
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WO2005100744A1 (en) * | 2004-04-05 | 2005-10-27 | Bj Services Company | Apparatus and method for dewatering low pressure gradient gas wells |
WO2009105501A2 (en) * | 2008-02-22 | 2009-08-27 | Conocophillips Company | Hydraulically driven downhole pump using multi-channel coiled tubing |
US20130022480A1 (en) * | 2011-07-18 | 2013-01-24 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Mechanical-Hydraulic Pumping System |
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- 2018-04-13 CN CN201880023803.5A patent/CN110537001B/en active Active
- 2018-04-13 RU RU2019134871A patent/RU2726704C1/en active
- 2018-04-13 AU AU2018255209A patent/AU2018255209B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2018-04-13 CA CA3060000A patent/CA3060000C/en active Active
- 2018-04-13 EP EP18788267.5A patent/EP3612713B1/en active Active
- 2018-04-13 WO PCT/US2018/027553 patent/WO2018194927A1/en unknown
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WO2005100744A1 (en) * | 2004-04-05 | 2005-10-27 | Bj Services Company | Apparatus and method for dewatering low pressure gradient gas wells |
WO2009105501A2 (en) * | 2008-02-22 | 2009-08-27 | Conocophillips Company | Hydraulically driven downhole pump using multi-channel coiled tubing |
US20130022480A1 (en) * | 2011-07-18 | 2013-01-24 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Mechanical-Hydraulic Pumping System |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
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See also references of WO2018194927A1 * |
SHELDON MINISH ET AL: "Coiled tubing-conveyed artificial lift and cleanout systems optimize costs and production", WORLD OIL, no. November 2015, 30 November 2015 (2015-11-30), pages 41 - 46, XP055715945 * |
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AU2018255209A1 (en) | 2019-11-21 |
CA3060000A1 (en) | 2018-10-25 |
CN110537001A (en) | 2019-12-03 |
CO2019012358A2 (en) | 2020-02-28 |
CA3060000C (en) | 2022-07-05 |
EP3612713B1 (en) | 2023-07-26 |
WO2018194927A1 (en) | 2018-10-25 |
EP3612713A1 (en) | 2020-02-26 |
RU2726704C1 (en) | 2020-07-15 |
AU2018255209B2 (en) | 2020-09-17 |
BR112019019815A2 (en) | 2020-04-22 |
CN110537001B (en) | 2022-04-19 |
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