GB2462783B - A gas-driven pumping device and a method for downhole pumping of a liquid in a well - Google Patents

A gas-driven pumping device and a method for downhole pumping of a liquid in a well

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GB2462783B
GB2462783B GB0922174.8A GB0922174A GB2462783B GB 2462783 B GB2462783 B GB 2462783B GB 0922174 A GB0922174 A GB 0922174A GB 2462783 B GB2462783 B GB 2462783B
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pumping
gas
liquid
well
driven
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Rune Woie
Thor Hegre
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Shore Tec Consult AS
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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
    • E21B43/12—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
    • 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
    • E21B43/122—Gas lift
    • 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
    • E21B43/385—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well in the well by reinjecting the separated materials into an earth formation in the same well
GB0922174.8A 2007-06-11 2008-06-09 A gas-driven pumping device and a method for downhole pumping of a liquid in a well Expired - Fee Related GB2462783B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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NO20072954A NO325707B1 (en) 2007-06-11 2007-06-11 Gas powered pumping device and method for pumping a liquid into a well
PCT/NO2008/000205 WO2008153407A1 (en) 2007-06-11 2008-06-09 A gas-driven pumping device and a method for downhole pumping of a liquid in a well

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GB0922174D0 GB0922174D0 (en) 2010-02-03
GB2462783A GB2462783A (en) 2010-02-24
GB2462783B true GB2462783B (en) 2012-04-25

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GB (1) GB2462783B (en)
NO (1) NO325707B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2008153407A1 (en)

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NO20072954A (en) 2008-07-07
US20100284828A1 (en) 2010-11-11
GB0922174D0 (en) 2010-02-03
WO2008153407A1 (en) 2008-12-18
NO325707B1 (en) 2008-07-07
GB2462783A (en) 2010-02-24

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