US194704A - Improvement in pumps to remove water and prevent deposits in oil-wells - Google Patents
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- NvPEI'ERS PHOTO-LITHOGRAIPIEH. WASHINIGTON.
- the object of this invention is to-remove water from and keep oil on the rock or sand, thereby preventing the formation of paraffine, and rendering unnecessary the use of torpe' does or Scrapers for the-purpose. of clearing turn working-barrel, the construction and operation of which will hereinafter be more fully explained.
- A is the return working-barrel, its greatest exterior diameter being less than the bore of the well, having a main chamber, B, which is connected directly With the lift-pipe D by any suitable means, as shown at E.
- the barrel has a reopening at one end into the bottom of said main chamber.
- the suctionpipe I)2 is connected to the other end.
- AG is avent-pipe opening into return-channel B' at c, and extending upward to the top of the oil-bearing stratum.
- the combination substantially as specified, of the return working-barrel, the suction-pipe, and the vent-pipe.
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Pateniga Aug. 28,1877.
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PUMPS T0 REMOVE WATER AND PREVENT DEPOSITS IN oIL-WELLs.
NvPEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAIPIEH. WASHINIGTON. Dv (2V y: :s g l it out. This IV accomplish by means of a return-channel, B', around the main chamber' B,
UNITED 'STATES PATENT OEEicE.`
CHARLES MEANS, OF MODOO CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS TO REMOVE WATER AND PREVENT DEPOSITS IN OIL-WELLS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 91,704, dated August 28, 1877; application filed ,April 24, 1877. i
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES MEANS, of Modoc City, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedV a new and useful Improvement in OiLWeIlS, of which the following is a true and exact description:
Experience has shown that in oil -wells where water is allowed to remain it will soon cause a gum or parafne, as it is technically termed, to form on the oil-bearing rock or sand, and thus obstruct the free outiow of oil therefrom.
The object of this invention is to-remove water from and keep oil on the rock or sand, thereby preventing the formation of paraffine, and rendering unnecessary the use of torpe' does or Scrapers for the-purpose. of clearing turn working-barrel, the construction and operation of which will hereinafter be more fully explained.
In the accompanying drawing, which shows a vertical section of my improvement, A is the return working-barrel, its greatest exterior diameter being less than the bore of the well, having a main chamber, B, which is connected directly With the lift-pipe D by any suitable means, as shown at E. The barrel has a reopening at one end into the bottom of said main chamber. To the other end the suctionpipe I)2 is connected. AGis avent-pipe opening into return-channel B' at c, and extending upward to the top of the oil-bearing stratum.
lVly return working-barrel is sunk until the end of the suction-pipe has passed the bottom line of oil-bearing rock or sand, the ventpipe reaching to the upper level thereof. 'The pump, being'V putin operation, Will suck air only until the oil rises above and seals the Vent-pipe C, when the pump will begin to lift the liquids from the wellfirst the contents of the return `Workin,f rba1'rel, then the water from the bottom of the well, then the oil.
It will be readily seen that, the Water being once reduced to a level with the bottom of the oil-bearing rock, it will be impossible for it to again rise above that level while the pump is kept in operation, and that said rock will be continually covered with oil from top to bottom, excluding air as Well as water, for the veut-pipe will not permit the oil to fall below the top of the oil-bearing stratum.
What I claim as' my invention, :and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
In an oil-well, the combination, substantially as specified, of the return working-barrel, the suction-pipe, and the vent-pipe.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
CHARLES MEANS.
Witnesses ALBERT B. TEERELL, CHARLES COCHRAN.
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2843053A (en) * | 1956-03-26 | 1958-07-15 | Joseph T Carle | Gas anchor |
| US4770792A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1988-09-13 | Newton George D | Process and apparatus for separating fluids |
| US4933089A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1990-06-12 | Newton George D | Apparatus and process for paraffin abatement |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2843053A (en) * | 1956-03-26 | 1958-07-15 | Joseph T Carle | Gas anchor |
| US4770792A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1988-09-13 | Newton George D | Process and apparatus for separating fluids |
| US4933089A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1990-06-12 | Newton George D | Apparatus and process for paraffin abatement |
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