18494516. MULTIPLE-CONDUIT PRODUCTION STRING COMPLETION (SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY)
MULTIPLE-CONDUIT PRODUCTION STRING COMPLETION
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Jose Daniel Valbuena Fuenmayor of Dhahran SA
Fatimah Alnasser of Dhahran SA
MULTIPLE-CONDUIT PRODUCTION STRING COMPLETION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18494516 titled 'MULTIPLE-CONDUIT PRODUCTION STRING COMPLETION
Original Abstract Submitted
A production string includes one or more segments each including a solid core defining a plurality of non-intersecting production conduits. Flow through the conduits can be selected such that, as a first instance, substantially all of the fluid flowing from the subterranean zone to the surface location is permitted to flow through one or more of the plurality of production conduits. In response to a liquid loading event, as a second instance, flow is prevented through at least one of the plurality of production conduits, such that a total cross-sectional area of the production conduits in the second instance is less than a total cross-sectional area of the production conduits in the first instance.