Q2 SharkGUT
Description
SharkGUT™ Horizontal Solids Separator – delivers efficient downhole concentrated solids slug dispersion (busts up solids slugs) and solids separation for high-inclination pumping applications. Designed for minimal operational risk, it easily installs into standard EUE tubing mud joints. The tool connects directly to the base of a gas separator’s dip tube, extending it downward into the mud joints. At inclination, gravity and the tool’s weight automatically self-orient it to the low side within the joints. Fluids pass over the upper edge of each weir, while gravity-separated solids are trapped on the low side between the weirs. Constructed from stainless steel and Viton, it offers excellent resistance to corrosion and H2S.
Value Features
- Patent pending technology adapted and engineered from proven industrial mining “gold sluicing” technology.
- Compatible with the industry leading WhaleSharkTM gas separator and other legacy poor-boy packerless gas separators.
- Cost effectively solves solids separation at high inclinations.
- Designed to “bust up” concentrated solids slugs and prevent pump sticking events; makes it easier for solids to travel through a pump.
- Inserts into standard EUE tubing mud joints.
- Multiple inserts can be connected inside multiple mud joints to increase solids containment capacity.
- Efficiently separates solids from produced fluids to protect pumps placed at inclinations beyond the solids settling angle of repose, from 65 degrees to 90 degrees.
- Automatically self-orients inside the mud joints.
- Stainless steel for corrosion risks.
Use in Wells With
- Pump placements beyond 65 degree inclination with solids risks
- Excessive solids related stuck pumps and failures at high inclinations
- Plans for lowering pumps into the curve, seeking increased drawdowns
- Sluggy flow conditions that bring concentrated masses of solids to the downhole separator
