US 11,725,490 B2
Gas lift side pocket mandrel with modular interchangeable pockets
Stephen Bisset, Porter, TX (US); Tyler Shirk, Houston, TX (US); and Donavan Brown, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Onerations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/524,445.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,561, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145735 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/123 (2013.01) [E21B 23/03 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side pocket mandrel for use within a gas lift system, the side pocket mandrel comprising:
a central body;
a receiver that is laterally offset from the central body;
a valve pocket that is removably secured within the receiver; and
a gas lift valve contained within the valve pocket, wherein the gas lift valve can be installed or removed from the valve pocket with a kickover tool.