Patent ID: 11885210
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A method for water separation at a well site, the method comprising:
directing, with a production fluid pathway, a first flow of a production fluid from a production control valve to a fluid separator, the production control valve fluidly connected to a production tubing and positioned at an uphole end of the production tubing at a well head of a well site;
separating water from the first flow of production fluid with the fluid separator positioned at the well site and fluidly connected to the production fluid pathway;
directing, with an injection fluid pathway, a flow of the separated water from the fluid separator to an injection control valve fluidly connected to an injection tubing and positioned at an uphole end of the injection tubing at the well head, wherein directing the flow of the separated water from the fluid separator to the injection control valve comprises boosting, with a turbocharger, a pressure of at least a portion of the flow of separated water in the injection fluid pathway; and
directing, with an output fluid pathway fluidly connected to the fluid separator, a second flow of the production fluid out of the fluid separator.