Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Siphon pump chimney for formation tester
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Application No.: US16754189Application Date: 2019-03-21
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Publication No.: US11225866B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Christopher Michael Jones , Darren George Gascooke , Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, III , Etienne Marcel Samson , Michael Thomas Pelletier , Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/023349 WO 20190321
- International Announcement: WO2020/190298 WO 20200924
- Main IPC: E21B49/08
- IPC: E21B49/08 ; E21B34/06 ; E21B17/02 ; E21B33/127

Abstract:
A siphon pump chimney can be used in a mini-drillstem test to increase formation fluid flow rates. A formation tester can be coupled to a siphon pump chimney via a wet connect assembly to transfer formation fluid from a fluid-bearing formation. The siphon pump chimney can receive the formation fluid through the wet connect and disperse the formation fluid into a drill pipe that is flowing drilling fluid. The siphon pump chimney can include check valves to prevent the drilling fluid from entering the siphon pump chimney. The siphon pump chimney can be configured to have a variable height that can reduce pressure within the siphon pump chimney to a pressure value that can be close to or less than the formation pressure, which can allow a pump to operate at high flow rates or be bypassed in a free flow configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210231012A1 SIPHON PUMP CHIMNEY FOR FORMATION TESTER Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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