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E21B 43/34 (2006.01) E21B 37/00 (2006.01) E21B 43/12 (2006.01) E21B 43/38 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2324706
A method and apparatus for removing sand, which has been separated from well fluids, from a well bore. A separator is provided to separate sand from well fluids before the well fluids enter an electrical submersible pump (ESP). A bypass tube is connected from a flow conduit above the pump to a location below the ESP where the sand is collected. The ESP is turned off and the fluid levels within the flow conduit are allowed to equalize. The flow conduit is then pressurized at the surface to cause a downward flow of well fluid in the flow conduit below an equilibrium point for the well fluid. After lowering the level of fluid within the flow conduit, the pressure within the flow conduit is then relieved, which causes the well fluid to flow upwards through the bypass tube to the flow conduit. As a result, sand is drawn up the bypass tube into the flow conduit above the pump. A check valve prevents back-flow of sand through the bypass tube after the sand and fluid have flowed through the bypass tube into the flow conduit. The pump is then restarted and the sand and fluid located above the pump in the flow conduit is pumped to the surface.
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Sim & Mcburney
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