AUTOMATIC CHEMICAL STICK LOADER FOR WELLS AND METHOD OF LOADING

摘要

An automatic chemical stick loader apparatus for gas wells, including a storage and dispensing cabinet at ground level, for sequentially feeding sticks therefrom, a launch tube for sequentially receiving stinks and elevating them to the top of a well head, and a stick loader atop the well for receiving a stick from the launch tube, dropping the stick into a chamber, pressure isolating the chamber and pressure equalizing it with well pressure, and dropping the stick into the well. The apparatus is controlled by an electronic controller which may be solar powered. The apparatus is operated by well gas, the pressure thereof being regulated down to 20 psi or so.