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GB2332465B - Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores - Google Patents

Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores

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Publication number
GB2332465B
GB2332465B GB9906151A GB9906151A GB2332465B GB 2332465 B GB2332465 B GB 2332465B GB 9906151 A GB9906151 A GB 9906151A GB 9906151 A GB9906151 A GB 9906151A GB 2332465 B GB2332465 B GB 2332465B
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Prior art keywords
hydrocarbon production
multilateral wellbores
multilateral
wellbores
hydrocarbon
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GB9906151D0 (en
Inventor
Joseph F Donovan
Jr Daniel Turick
Michael H Johnson
Larry A Watkins
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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
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Baker Hughes Inc
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Priority claimed from GB9720569A external-priority patent/GB2314572B/en
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Classifications

    • 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
    • E21B34/00—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells
    • E21B34/06—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04B—CENTRIFUGES
    • B04B1/00—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles
    • B04B1/04—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls
    • B04B1/08—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls of conical shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04B—CENTRIFUGES
    • B04B5/00—Other centrifuges
    • B04B5/12—Centrifuges in which rotors other than bowls generate centrifugal effects in stationary containers
    • 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
    • E21B37/00—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells
    • E21B37/06—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells using chemical means for preventing or limiting, e.g. eliminating, the deposition of paraffins or like substances
    • 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
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/02—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 in situ inhibition of corrosion in boreholes or wells
    • 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
    • E21B43/14—Obtaining from a multiple-zone 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
    • E21B43/30—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells
    • E21B43/305—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells comprising at least one inclined or horizontal 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
    • E21B43/34—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

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  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
GB9906151A 1995-03-27 1996-03-25 Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores Expired - Lifetime GB2332465B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US41137795A 1995-03-27 1995-03-27
GB9720569A GB2314572B (en) 1995-03-27 1996-03-25 Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores

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GB9906151D0 GB9906151D0 (en) 1999-05-12
GB2332465A GB2332465A (en) 1999-06-23
GB2332465B true GB2332465B (en) 1999-10-20

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GB9906150A Expired - Lifetime GB2332464B (en) 1995-03-27 1996-03-25 Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores
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GB9906147A Expired - Lifetime GB2332463B (en) 1995-03-27 1996-03-25 Hydrocarbon production using multilateral wellbores

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GB2332465A (en) 1999-06-23
GB2327695A (en) 1999-02-03
GB9906147D0 (en) 1999-05-12
GB2332464A (en) 1999-06-23
GB2327695B (en) 1999-10-13
GB2332464B (en) 1999-10-20
GB9819488D0 (en) 1998-10-28
GB2332463B (en) 1999-10-20
GB9906151D0 (en) 1999-05-12
GB9906150D0 (en) 1999-05-12

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