Patent ID: 8066077
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: B01D,E21B,F04D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a two phase gas liquid mixture of wellbore fluid, the method comprising: connecting a motor into an assembly along with a rotary gas separator, a gas compressor and a pump, and placing the assembly within a conduit, the assembly having a longitudinal axis with the pump being located axially between the gas separator and the compressor; operating the motor to drive the gas separator, the gas compressor and the pump, and communicating a two phase gas liquid mixture of wellbore fluid in the conduit to the gas separator, and with the as separator, separating the gas and liquid mixture into a substantially mono-phase gas component and a substantially mono-phase liquid component; flowing the liquid component from the gas separator to the pump and pumping the liquid component into a liquid flow passage; without releasing the gas component into the conduit, flowing the gas component from the gas separator past the pump to the compressor, compressing the as component and delivering the gas component into a gas flow passage, which is separate from the liquid flow passage; and wherein flowing the liquid, component from the pump into the liquid flow passage comprises flowing the liquid component through a liquid component bypass line alongside and past the compressor to avoid communicating the liquid component to the conduit.