Flow management systems and related methods for oil and gas applications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11802645
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16923772

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A flow management system includes an expandable device configured for attachment to a wall surface of a conduit and being adjustable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, an electric actuator in fluid communication with the expandable device, and a control module. The control module is configured to control the electric actuator to flow a current to the expandable device to expand the expandable device for compacting a flow blockage within the conduit to create a channel adjacent the flow blockage and to terminate a flow of the current to the expandable device to collapse the expandable device for opening the channel to a fluid flow within the conduit.

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SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY1 EASTERN AVENUE DHAHRAN 31311

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Makogon, Taras Yurievich Dhahran, SA 8 32
Shariff, Maher Maqbool Dhahran, SA 12 94

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