Patent ID: 8695706
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A downhole device for the recovery of a gaseous hydrocarbon through a production tube in the presence of water, comprising: (i) a downhole valve; (ii) a body that is connected to the valve; (iii) a seal between the valve and the body; (iv) a nozzle in fluid communication with the valve and the production tube and operable to deliver a pressurized fluid from the valve into the production tube; and (v) a resilient tensioning mechanism in direct or indirect contact with a moveable member positioned in an internal passageway defined by the valve and the body, wherein the resilient tensioning mechanism has a force constant sufficient to keep the moveable member under tension and prevent the pressurized fluid from flowing through the internal passageway and into the production tube unless the pressurized fluid has a pressure sufficient to atomize the pressurized fluid as it passes from the nozzle into the production tube.