EP3044408A4 - Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production - Google Patents

Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production Download PDF

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EP3044408A4
EP3044408A4 EP14844941.6A EP14844941A EP3044408A4 EP 3044408 A4 EP3044408 A4 EP 3044408A4 EP 14844941 A EP14844941 A EP 14844941A EP 3044408 A4 EP3044408 A4 EP 3044408A4
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Jeffrey Charles Saponja
Robbie Singh Hari
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Production Plus Energy Services Inc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/38—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well in the well
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
EP14844941.6A 2013-09-13 2014-09-12 Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production Withdrawn EP3044408A4 (en)

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EP18157720.6A EP3346090A1 (en) 2013-09-13 2014-09-12 Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production

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US14/026,170 US20150075772A1 (en) 2013-09-13 2013-09-13 System and Method for Separating Gaseous Material From Formation Fluids
CA2827459A CA2827459A1 (en) 2013-09-13 2013-09-17 System and method for separating gaseous material from formation fluids
PCT/CA2014/000695 WO2015035509A1 (en) 2013-09-13 2014-09-12 Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production

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EP3044408A1 EP3044408A1 (en) 2016-07-20
EP3044408A4 true EP3044408A4 (en) 2017-08-23

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CN (1) CN105705729A (en)
AU (2) AU2014321104A1 (en)
BR (1) BR112016005572A8 (en)
CA (2) CA2827459A1 (en)
CL (1) CL2016000607A1 (en)
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CN105705729A (en) 2016-06-22
MX2016003272A (en) 2016-10-28
AU2014321104A1 (en) 2016-04-07
CL2016000607A1 (en) 2016-09-02
EP3044408A1 (en) 2016-07-20
CA2827459A1 (en) 2015-03-13
US20150075772A1 (en) 2015-03-19
AU2019201116A1 (en) 2019-03-07
CA2923984A1 (en) 2015-03-19
EA201690585A1 (en) 2016-09-30
EP3346090A1 (en) 2018-07-11

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