Hydro-Balanced Stuffing Box field test [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1999.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 410 KILOBYTES pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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The Hydro-Balanced Stuffing Box is a seal assembly for polished rod pumping installations commonly used in oil and gas pumping well installations to contain produced well fluids. The improved stuffing box was developed and patented by Harold H. Palmour of The Palmour Group of Livingston, TX. The stuffing box is designed to reduce the incidence of seal leakage and to utilize an environmentally safe fluid, so that if there is any leakage, environmental damage is reduced or eliminated. The unit was tested on two wells at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center. During the test period, the performance of the stuffing box was measured by monitoring the pressure on the tubing and the inner chamber with a Barton Two-pen recorder. The amount of safe fluid consumed, fluid leakage at the top of the stuffing box, pressure supplied from the nitrogen bottle, ambient temperature, and polish rod temperature was recorded. The stuffing box is capable of providing a better seal between well fluids an d the environment than conventional stuffing boxes. It allows the polished rod to operate cooler and with lubrication, extending the life of the packing elements, and reducing the amount of attention required to prevent leakage.

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E 1.99:doe/rmotc/05.98001
doe/rmotc/05.98001

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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/28/1999.
"doe/rmotc/05.98001"
Giangiacomo, L.A.

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Final; 08/01/1998 - 03/06/1999

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