A dual use fluid filtration tool to separate both solids and gas from a
fluid. The fluid filtration tool is suspended from and connected to a
downhole submersible pump having a motor which rotates a shaft. The tool
includes a housing having a cylindrical wall with a plurality of
perforations therethrough and an interior chamber therein. A removable
cylindrical filter surrounds the interior chamber of the housing in order
to filter solid particles. At least one centralizer bearing within the
interior chamber of the housing centralizes the shaft which passes
therethrough. The fluid in the interior chamber is radially induced in
order to separate gas from fluid. The gas separated from the fluid is
directed out of the chamber while the fluid remaining in the interior
chamber is directed to the intake of the downhole pump.