Patents Assigned to Zeitecs B.V.
  • Publication number: 20100326670
    Abstract: An apparatus for pumping fluid, the apparatus including a pump housing including a plunger connected to a terminal end of a coiled tubing and a first port. The apparatus further including the plunger configured to move longitudinally upward and downward, wherein the plunger includes a second port and a surface pumping unit configured to modulate between two modes, a first mode configured to limit a stroke length of the plunger so that the first and second ports do not engage, and a second mode wherein the first and second ports engage. Also, a method for pumping fluid into a wellbore using an apparatus, the method comprising inserting a housing including a coiled tubing and a plunger into the wellbore, wherein the plunger is located at a terminal end of the coiled tubing, and wherein the housing includes a first port and a plunger includes a second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ZEITECS B.V.
    Inventors: Neil Griffiths, Humberto F. Leniek, SR., Bruce H. Storm, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100326668
    Abstract: A pumping apparatus including a pump housing, a plunger operatively coupled to a terminal end of a production string and configured to move upward and downward within the pump housing, a surface pumping unit operatively connected to an upper end of the production string, and at least one element of incremental resistance disposed on an inner surface of the pump housing or an outer surface of the plunger proximate an upper or lower limit of a pump stroke is disclosed. A method for pumping fluid from a wellbore using a pumping system having an element of incremental resistance disposed near at least one of an upper end of a pump stroke and a lower end of a pump stroke to increase the axial load is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ZEITECS B. V.
    Inventors: Neil Griffiths, Humberto F. Leniek, Sr., Bruce H. Storm, Jr.