ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,241, issued on June 3, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Methods and systems employing autonomous choke control for mitigation of liquid loading in gas wells" was invented by Jiangwei Bo (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for controlling intermittent production of gas in association with liquids from a well. Production tubing disposed in the well provides a flow path for gas and liquids to the surface. An electrically-controlled choke and a controller are disposed at the surface. The choke is in fluid communication with the production tubing. The controller interf...