Patent ID: 11952876
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing wellbore fluids, the system comprising:
a first pair of wells drilled into a subterranean zone, the first pair of wells drilled from a first surface location;
a second pair of wells drilled from a second surface location separate from the first surface location, the second pair of wells having a distance relative to each other that is different than a distance relative to each other of the first pair of wells;
a well fluid diversion apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a pump assembly comprising a pump configured to pump a volume of wellbore fluid from a first well;
a first flexible tubing, wherein an outlet end of the first flexible tubing is connected to an inlet end of the pump assembly;
a flowmeter configured to measure a rate of flow of the volume through the pump assembly;
a fluid sampling port;
a sampling valve configured to selectively flow a first portion of the volume to the fluid sampling port;
a second flexible tubing, wherein an inlet end of the second flexible tubing is connected to an outlet end of the pump assembly such that, when an inlet end of the first flexible tubing is connected to an outlet valve of a wellhead of a first well of a first pair of wells and an outlet end of the second flexible tubing is connected to an inlet valve of a wellhead assembly of a second well of a first pair of wells, a second portion of the volume can flow from the first well of the to the second well;
wherein the apparatus is a modular, readily transportable unit with an inlet end of the first flexible tubing and an outlet end of the second flexible tubing each comprising readily releasable connections and the first flexible tubing and the second flexible tubing are coilable, such that:
the first flexible tubing and the second flexible tubing can be disconnected from the outlet valve of the wellhead of the first well of the first pair of wells and the inlet valve of the wellhead of the second well of the first pair of wells;
wherein the apparatus is configured to be readily disconnected from the first pair of wells, transported as a modular unit to the second pair of wells; and connected to an outlet valve of a wellhead of a first well of the second pair of wells and an inlet valve of a wellhead of a second well of the second pair of wells, respectively.