Patent ID: 11965401
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
receiving the reservoir fluid by a second fluid mover of the gas separator fluid mover assembly from the liquid phase discharge port of the flow path separator, wherein the second fluid mover is located downstream of the flow path separator, wherein the second fluid mover is fluidically connected to the first fluid mover via the liquid phase discharge port of the flow path separator, wherein the second fluid mover comprises one or more second centrifugal pump stages, wherein each second centrifugal pump stage comprises an impeller and a diffuser, wherein the impeller is rotationally coupled to the drive shaft, and wherein the impeller has less than three flow chambers;
inducing a rotational motion of the reservoir fluid by a second separation device, wherein the second separation device is located downstream of the second fluid mover; and wherein the second separation device is fluidically coupled to the second fluid mover;
moving the reservoir fluid downstream within the gas separator fluid mover assembly by the second fluid mover to a second separation chamber, wherein the second separation chamber is located downstream of the second separation device and upstream of a second flow path separator having a second gas phase discharge port open to the exterior of the assembly and having a second liquid phase discharge port, wherein the second flow path separator receives the reservoir fluid from the first fluid mover via the liquid phase discharge port of the flow path separator, via the second fluid mover, the second separation device, and via the second separation chamber;
separating at least some of the gas phase fluid from the reservoir fluid by the second flow path separator;
venting the at least some of the separated gas in the gas flow path via the second gas phase discharge port of the second flow path separator into the annulus; and
flowing the least some of the reservoir fluid out of the second liquid phase discharge port to the centrifugal pump assembly.