EP4093971A4 - Submersible pump assembly and method for use of same - Google Patents

Submersible pump assembly and method for use of same

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Publication number
EP4093971A4
EP4093971A4 EP20915243.8A EP20915243A EP4093971A4 EP 4093971 A4 EP4093971 A4 EP 4093971A4 EP 20915243 A EP20915243 A EP 20915243A EP 4093971 A4 EP4093971 A4 EP 4093971A4
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European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
same
pump assembly
submersible pump
submersible
assembly
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Application number
EP20915243.8A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP4093971A1 (en
Inventor
Simon Oman
Marko Nagode
Jernej Klemenc
Franc Majdic
Marko Hocevar
Ales Gosar
Andrej Skrlec
Laslo Olah
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Hess Corp
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Hess Corp
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Publication of EP4093971A1 publication Critical patent/EP4093971A1/en
Publication of EP4093971A4 publication Critical patent/EP4093971A4/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F04B1/00—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders
    • F04B1/12—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F04B1/14—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having stationary cylinders
    • 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
    • F04B1/00—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders
    • F04B1/12—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F04B1/14—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having stationary cylinders
    • F04B1/18—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having stationary cylinders having self-acting distribution members, i.e. actuated by working fluid
    • F04B1/182—Check valves
    • 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
    • F04B1/00—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders
    • F04B1/12—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F04B1/26—Control
    • F04B1/28—Control of machines or pumps with stationary cylinders
    • F04B1/29—Control of machines or pumps with stationary cylinders by varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder block
    • F04B1/295—Control of machines or pumps with stationary cylinders by varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder block by changing the inclination of the swash plate
    • 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
    • F04B15/00—Pumps adapted to handle specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts
    • F04B15/02—Pumps adapted to handle specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts the fluids being viscous or non-homogeneous
    • 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
    • F04B23/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04B23/04—Combinations of two or more pumps
    • 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
    • F04B23/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04B23/04—Combinations of two or more pumps
    • F04B23/08—Combinations of two or more pumps the pumps being of different types
    • F04B23/10—Combinations of two or more pumps the pumps being of different types at least one pump being of the reciprocating positive-displacement type
    • F04B23/106—Combinations of two or more pumps the pumps being of different types at least one pump being of the reciprocating positive-displacement type being an axial piston pump
    • 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
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/007—Installations or systems with two or more pumps or pump cylinders, wherein the flow-path through the stages can be changed, e.g. from series to parallel
    • 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
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/02—Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control
    • F04B49/03—Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control by means of valves
    • F04B49/035—Bypassing
    • 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
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/22—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00 by means of valves
    • F04B49/24—Bypassing
    • F04B49/243—Bypassing by keeping open the inlet valve

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
EP20915243.8A 2020-01-23 2020-12-22 Submersible pump assembly and method for use of same Pending EP4093971A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US202062964935P 2020-01-23 2020-01-23
PCT/US2020/066685 WO2021150342A1 (en) 2020-01-23 2020-12-22 Submersible pump assembly and method for use of same

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EP4093971A1 EP4093971A1 (en) 2022-11-30
EP4093971A4 true EP4093971A4 (en) 2024-03-20

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EP (1) EP4093971A4 (en)
CN (1) CN114930021B (en)
AU (1) AU2020424503B2 (en)
BR (1) BR112022013495B1 (en)
CA (1) CA3165640C (en)
MX (1) MX2022008994A (en)
WO (1) WO2021150342A1 (en)

Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0840009B1 (en) * 1996-10-29 2003-10-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh High pressure pump
US7736133B2 (en) * 2006-05-23 2010-06-15 Baker Hughes Incorporated Capsule for two downhole pump modules
US20130043023A1 (en) * 2010-04-29 2013-02-21 Welltec A/S Pumping system

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US5820354A (en) * 1996-11-08 1998-10-13 Robbins & Myers, Inc. Cascaded progressing cavity pump system
US6595295B1 (en) * 2001-08-03 2003-07-22 Wood Group Esp, Inc. Electric submersible pump assembly
US9181785B2 (en) * 2010-11-30 2015-11-10 Baker Hughes Incorporated Automatic bypass for ESP pump suction deployed in a PBR in tubing
SG11201601043VA (en) * 2013-08-15 2016-03-30 Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd Subsea pumping apparatuses and related methods

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0840009B1 (en) * 1996-10-29 2003-10-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh High pressure pump
US7736133B2 (en) * 2006-05-23 2010-06-15 Baker Hughes Incorporated Capsule for two downhole pump modules
US20130043023A1 (en) * 2010-04-29 2013-02-21 Welltec A/S Pumping system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2021150342A1 *

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AU2020424503A1 (en) 2022-08-04
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BR112022013495A2 (en) 2022-09-06
CN114930021B (en) 2023-07-21
CA3165640C (en) 2023-03-14
BR112022013495B1 (en) 2023-03-14
MX2022008994A (en) 2022-10-13
WO2021150342A1 (en) 2021-07-29
AU2020424503B2 (en) 2022-12-01
EP4093971A1 (en) 2022-11-30

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