Patent ID: 6322616
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B01D,E21B

Abstract:
For connection between a seating nipple/pump and a mud anchor in a well, a gas separator comprising:an outer cylindrical tube;an inner cylindrical tube having an axial flow passage and a plurality of radial perforations; andupper and lower means securing said inner perforated tube concentrically within said outer cylindrical tube with an annulus therebetween and closing upper and lower ends of said annulus, said upper means being adapted for connection to the seating nipple/pump and said lower means being adapted for connection to the mud anchor, said upper and lower means each having a passage therethrough for extending said inner tube axial flow passage into communication with the pump and the mud anchor;said outer cylindrical tube having a plurality of inwardly downwardly centrifugally oriented passages therethrough for admitting liquid entrained with gas into said annulus and for causing the admitted liquid to flow in a downward spiral therein.