Abstract: An improved plunger lift assembly, system, and method that can be used in all types of oil and gas wells including those of vertical, highly-deviated, S-curved, or horizontal bores is described. The plunger lift assembly can be part of a plunger lift system used to lift fluid formations out of a wellbore having a production tubing with a drift diameter. The plunger lift assembly may include a mandrel having a chamber, an elastic sealing mechanism, and a shift rod. The sealing mechanism can be disposed about an exterior of the mandrel. The sealing mechanism may be activated by at least one of pressure in the mandrel chamber and vertical force from movement of the mandrel. The shift rod can control fluid flow through the mandrel chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 26, 2022
Assignee:
Pivot Energy Solutions, LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Brian Zimmerman, Jr., Jesson Adam Salyards
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plunger lift assembly, system, and method that can be used in all types of oil and gas wells including those of vertical, highly-deviated, S-curved, or horizontal bores. The plunger lift assembly of the present disclosure can be part of a plunger lift system used to lift fluid formations out of a wellbore having a production tubing with a drift diameter. The plunger lift assembly may include a mandrel having a chamber, an elastic sealing mechanism, and a shift rod. The sealing mechanism can be disposed about an exterior of the mandrel. The sealing mechanism may be activated by at least one of pressure in the mandrel chamber and vertical force from movement of the mandrel. The shift rod can control fluid flow through the mandrel chamber.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 26, 2020
Publication date:
November 5, 2020
Applicant:
Pivot Energy Solutions, LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Brian Zimmerman, JR., Jesson Adam Salyards
Abstract: An improved plunger lift assembly, system, and method that can be used in all types of oil and gas wells including those of vertical, highly-deviated, S-curved, or horizontal bores. The plunger lift assembly can be part of a plunger lift system used to lift fluid formations out of a wellbore having a production tubing with a drift diameter. The plunger lift assembly may include a mandrel having a chamber, an elastic sealing mechanism, and a shift rod. The sealing mechanism can be disposed about an exterior of the mandrel. The sealing mechanism may be activated by at least one of pressure in the mandrel chamber and vertical force from movement of the mandrel. The shift rod can control fluid flow through the mandrel chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 25, 2020
Assignee:
PIVOT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Brian Zimmerman, Jr., Jesson Adam Salyards