Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow management systems and related methods for oil and gas applications
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Application No.: US16923778Application Date: 2020-07-08
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Publication No.: US11314266B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Maher Maqbool Shariff , Taras Yurievich Makogon
- 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: F17D3/12
- IPC: F17D3/12 ; G05D7/06 ; E21B41/00 ; F17D3/01 ; F16L55/00 ; E21B47/09 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B33/127 ; E21B37/00 ; E21B23/00

Abstract:
A flow management system includes an expandable device that is configured for attachment to a wall surface of a conduit and that is adjustable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The flow management system further includes a fluidic actuator in fluid communication with the expandable device and a control module. The control module is configured to control the fluidic actuator to deliver actuation fluid to the expandable device to expand the expandable device for compacting a flow blockage within the conduit to create a channel adjacent the flow blockage and to withdraw actuation fluid from the expandable device to collapse the expandable device for opening the channel to a fluid flow within the conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220011791A1 FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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