Open well plunger-actuated gas lift valve and method of use
CA 2398032 C · Owner: Bosley, Gordon E. · Inventors: Bosley, Gordon E.
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A system is provided for unloading accumulated liquids and enhancing the recovery of gas from a reservoir having diminished pressure. An annulus between a tubing string and casing is isolated by a packer and continually pressurized with a slipstream of compressed gas while the well continues to produce. A unique valve positioned in the tubing string is shuttled between a production position in which production fluids are permitted to bypass the valve to the surface and a lift position in which the bypass is blocked and an unloading port is opened to vent high pressure annulus gas to the tubing string above the valve lifting accumulated liquids with it. Preferably the valve is actuated to …
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- Filed August 13, 2002 and granted June 26, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2022.
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