US Patent Issued to Blackjack Production Tools on May 13 for "Stacked-helical gas separator with gas discharge outlet" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,731, issued on May 13, was assigned to Blackjack Production Tools LLC (Oklahoma City).

"Stacked-helical gas separator with gas discharge outlet" was invented by Brian Ellithorp (Edmond, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellbore gas separator having a pair of helical ramps. The separator ingests a liquid-gas solution, and a pump draws the solution into a first course between the pair of ramps. As centrifugal force is imparted upon the solution prior to the pump inlet, gas is forced out of solution. The liquid portions of the solution may fall into a dead space prior to the pump inlet. Gaseous portions enter into a second course ...