EP1103698A1 - Gas/Flüssigkeit Trennvorrichtung im Bohrloch - Google Patents

Gas/Flüssigkeit Trennvorrichtung im Bohrloch Download PDF

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EP1103698A1
EP1103698A1 EP99309533A EP99309533A EP1103698A1 EP 1103698 A1 EP1103698 A1 EP 1103698A1 EP 99309533 A EP99309533 A EP 99309533A EP 99309533 A EP99309533 A EP 99309533A EP 1103698 A1 EP1103698 A1 EP 1103698A1
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Pieter Karel Anton Kapteijn
Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
    • E21B43/38—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well in the well
    • E21B43/385—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well in the well by reinjecting the separated materials into an earth formation in the same well
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/13—Lifting well fluids specially adapted to dewatering of wells of gas producing reservoirs, e.g. methane producing coal beds

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  • the present invention relates to a downhole gas/liquid separation system arranged in a production well.
  • the downhole gas/liquid separation system arranged in a production well comprises a gas/liquid separator having an inlet in fluid communication with a production reservoir, which separator has an outlet for liquid and an outlet for gas, and a pump that has an inlet in fluid communication with either to outlet for liquid or the outlet for gas of the separator and an outlet that is in fluid communication with a receptacle for fluid, wherein the other outlet of the separator is in fluid communication with a receptacle at surface.
  • the outlet for liquid of the separator is in fluid communication with the inlet of the pump, and the outlet for gas is in fluid communication with a receptacle for gas at surface.
  • the gas is produced and the liquid can be disposed.
  • Figure 1 showing a partial longitudinal section of a production well 1 in an underground formation 2 that contains a production reservoir 3.
  • the production well 1 comprises a borehole lined with a casing or a liner 5.
  • the wall of the casing 5 is provided with perforations 6, allowing during normal operation the reservoir fluids to enter into a separation chamber 7 defined in the production well 1 and sealed off at its upper end by means of a packer 8, into which the lower end of a production tubing 9 is secured.
  • the upper end of the tubing 9 is connected to a receptacle at surface (not shown).
  • the downhole gas/liquid separation system 10 is arranged in the separation chamber 7. It comprises a gas/liquid separator 15 having an inlet 16.
  • the inlet 16 of the gas/liquid separator is in fluid communication with the production reservoir 3 via the separation chamber 7.
  • the gas/liquid separator has an outlet 18 for gas and an outlet 19 for liquid.
  • the outlet 18 for gas is in fluid communication with the lower end of the production tubing 9.
  • the downhole gas/liquid separation system 10 further comprises a pump 20 for pumping liquids.
  • the inlet (not shown) of the pump 20 is in fluid communication with the outlet 19 for liquid of the separator 15.
  • the pump 20 has an outlet 21, which outlet 21 is suitably provided with a backflow valve, which valve prevents fluids from flowing backwards into the pump 20.
  • the outlet 21 of the pump 20 is in fluid communication with a receptacle for liquid.
  • the pump 20 is driven by means of a motor, for example an electric motor powered through an electric cable 25 that extends through the packer 8 to surface.
  • this receptacle for liquid is the annulus 26 between the casing 5 and the production tubing 9, to which the outlet 21 of the pump 20 is connected by means of conduit 26 extending through the packer 8.
  • the upper end of the annulus 25 is in fluid communication with a means for storing the liquid (not shown).
  • gas and liquid are separately produced to surface.
  • the receptacle for liquid is a disposal reservoir 30 other than the production reservoir 3.
  • the lower end of the well 1 comprises a separation chamber 7 as well as a disposal chamber 33, separated from the separation chamber by an additional packer 35.
  • the lower end of the pump 20 extends through the additional packer 35 so that the outlet 21 provided with a backflow valve (not shown) debouches into the disposal chamber 33.
  • the wall of the casing 5 is perforated with perforations 37, to allow liquid to enter into the disposal reservoir 30.
  • a disposal chamber 43 is defined by an additional packer 45, which additional packer 45 is provided with a passage so that the electric cable 25 can extend through the additional packer 45.
  • the disposal chamber 43 is in fluid communication with the disposal reservoir 30 by means of perforations 47 in the wall of the casing 5.
  • the receptacle is the production reservoir 3, and in order to bring the separated liquid to the production reservoir 3, and additional well is provided (schematically shown by dashed line 50) which forms a fluid communication between the disposal chamber 43 and the production reservoir 3.
  • the liquid injection enables maintaining the gas production of the production reservoir 3 at a substantial constant level.
  • the separator 15 can be a cyclonic separator.
  • the pump 20 can be any suitable pump.
  • the motor driving the compressor can be an electric motor or a hydraulic motor or turbine, in which case the electric cable is replaced by a suitable conduit providing the fluid for driving the hydraulic motor or turbine.
  • the hole below the lowermost packing (8 in Figures 1 and 3 and 35 in Figure 2) can be cased as shown, wherein the casing is perforated, or it can be an open hole.
  • the present invention provides a simple downhole gas/liquid separation system, which has the advantage that no separation units at surface are required.
  • a further advantage is that the liquid is disposed downhole, and that if a surface handling system is available, the disposed liquid can be retrieved. Moreover, the disposed liquid can be used in driving the gas out of the production reservoir.
  • the invention has been described with reference to a system wherein gas is separated from liquid, and wherein the liquid is separately produced or disposed.
  • the invention also relates to a downhole gas/liquid separation system in which the gas is separately produced or disposed.
  • the outlet for gas is connected to a pump (which is then a compressor) and the outlet for liquid is connected to a receptacle at surface.

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US8136600B2 (en) 2005-08-09 2012-03-20 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Vertical annular separation and pumping system with integrated pump shroud and baffle
US8322434B2 (en) 2005-08-09 2012-12-04 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Vertical annular separation and pumping system with outer annulus liquid discharge arrangement
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US5389128A (en) * 1992-06-24 1995-02-14 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Multiple, self-adjusting downhole gas separator
US5431228A (en) * 1993-04-27 1995-07-11 Atlantic Richfield Company Downhole gas-liquid separator for wells
WO1998013579A2 (en) * 1996-09-27 1998-04-02 Baker Hughes Limited Oil separation and pumping systems
US5794697A (en) * 1996-11-27 1998-08-18 Atlantic Richfield Company Method for increasing oil production from an oil well producing a mixture of oil and gas
WO1998025005A1 (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-06-11 Kelley & Sons Group International, Inc. Method and apparatus for increasing fluid recovery from a subterranean formation
WO1999042701A1 (en) * 1998-02-24 1999-08-26 Bj Services Company, U.S.A. Apparatus and method for downhole fluid phase separation

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US8136600B2 (en) 2005-08-09 2012-03-20 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Vertical annular separation and pumping system with integrated pump shroud and baffle
US8322434B2 (en) 2005-08-09 2012-12-04 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Vertical annular separation and pumping system with outer annulus liquid discharge arrangement
WO2022263909A1 (en) * 2021-06-17 2022-12-22 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Systems and methods for processing downhole fluids
US11692427B2 (en) 2021-06-17 2023-07-04 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Systems and methods for processing downhole fluids

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