US 11,927,076 B2
Gas condensate removal heating system
John Michael Karanikas, Houston, TX (US); Robert Guy Harley, Spring, TX (US); and Guillermo Pastor, Tarragona (ES)
Assigned to Salamander IP Holdings LLC, Hamilton (BM)
Filed by Salamander IP Holdings LLC, Hamilton (BM)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,957.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/326,309, filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313643 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 36/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 36/04 (2013.01) [E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 36/005 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reducing condensate accumulation in a natural gas well comprising:
determining, by a pressure sensor, a pressure of the natural gas well;
determining, by a temperature sensor, a temperature of the natural gas well;
determining a dew point temperature based on the pressure of the natural gas well;
determining a cricondentherm temperature of the natural gas well;
heating, by controlling power delivered to a heater cable, the natural gas well to a temperature above the dew point temperature; and
preventing, by controlling the power delivered to the heater cable, the temperature of the natural gas well from exceeding the cricondentherm temperature.