Downhole jet pump

Patent · Tue Dec 13 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6192147

Weeks, B R

This patient describes a well equipped to produce oil at the surface from a subterranean formation including: a casing string cemented in a well bore penetrating the earth to a depth below the formation, the casing string comprising perforations extending through the casing string into communication with the formation; a packer sealed against the interior of the casing string above the formation; a tubing string inside the casing string and providing therewith an annulus, the tubing string being connected to the packer and extending upwardly to the surface, the tubing string and annulus providing a first upward path to the surface and a second downward fluid path from the surface; and a jet pump assembly including a jet pump below the packer comprising a body having an upper end, an outlet in communicating with the first fluid path, a nozzle section having a suction inlet below the packer and a power fluid inlet, means providing communication between the second fluid path and the nozzle section for delivering power fluid to the power fluid inlet and means connecting the upper jet pump body end to the tubing string comprising as J-slot receptacle secured to the upper jet pump body end having a J-slot therein, a tubular member connected with and communicating with the tubing string and having a J-slot pin on the lower end thereof removably received in the J-slot and means sealing between the J-slot receptacle and J-slot pin.

• Assignee: Texas Independent Tools and Unlimited Services, Inc., Corpus Christi, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4790376
• OSTI ID: 6192147
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
DESIGN
DRILL PIPES
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
DUCTS
EQUIPMENT
FIELD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
JETS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
PACKINGS
PIPES
PRODUCTION
PUMPING
PUMPS
SEALS
WELL CASINGS
WELL RECOVERY EQUIPMENT
WELLS