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- Patent Title: Flow measurement apparatus and associated systems and methods
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Application No.: US17193149Application Date: 2021-03-05
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Publication No.: US11702896B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Paul R. Northam , Walter S. Dillard
- Applicant: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Smith IP Services, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B21/08
- IPC: E21B21/08 ; E21B21/10

Abstract:
A flow measurement apparatus can include a main flow passage, a variable flow restrictor, a bypass flow passage having an inlet connected with the main flow passage upstream of the variable flow restrictor and an outlet connected with the main flow passage downstream of the variable flow restrictor, and a mass flowmeter connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. A method can include connecting a flow measurement apparatus, so that a fluid flow in a well also flows through the flow measurement apparatus, and varying a restriction to the fluid flow through the variable flow restrictor in response to a change in a flow rate of the fluid flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220282586A1 FLOW MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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