Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Removing debris from a hydrocarbon fluid
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Application No.: US16842405Application Date: 2020-04-07
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Publication No.: US11242738B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Aslan Bulekbay , Mustafa Al-Zaid , Manaf Al-Aithan , Khalid I. Alhamed
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B43/34
- IPC: E21B43/34 ; C10G31/00 ; B01D21/00 ; B01D45/08

Abstract:
A hydrocarbon production apparatus that removes debris from a hydrocarbon fluid is described. The apparatus includes a first conduit, a second conduit, a valve, and at least one baffle. The first conduit includes an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path that extends between the inlet and the outlet. The flow path can receive a flow of a hydrocarbon fluid, which includes debris, from the inlet and direct the hydrocarbon fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The second conduit includes a debris receptacle. The valve is fluidly coupled to the second conduit and can isolate the debris receptacle from the flow path of the first conduit and at least a portion of the second conduit. The at least one baffle is oriented to direct at least a portion of the debris from the flow path of the first conduit to the second conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200230524A1 REMOVING DEBRIS FROM A HYDROCARBON FLUID Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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