- Patent Title: System and method for controlling flow in a well production system
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Application No.: US14574717Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US09988875B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Jeremy Daniel Van Dam , Joseph John Zierer, Jr. , Michael Franklin Hughes , Zhipeng Zhang
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Pabitra K. Chakrabarti
- Main IPC: E21B43/12
- IPC: E21B43/12 ; E21B34/08 ; E21B43/32 ; F16K33/00

Abstract:
A flow control system is provided for a horizontal well production system having a casing, a tube having an intake opening and disposed within the casing, and a gap formed between the casing and the tube. The flow control system includes a valve having an orifice, coupled to the tube and disposed proximate to the intake opening. The flow control system further includes an actuator coupled to the valve and configured to open the valve in response to a presence of a liquid in the gap, proximate to the intake opening, to permit flow of the liquid into the tube via the intake opening, and to close the valve in response to a presence of a gas in the gap, proximate to the intake opening, to prevent flow of the gas into the tube via the intake opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160177666A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW IN A WELL PRODUCTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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