Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-position inflow control device
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Application No.: US15751328Application Date: 2017-04-12
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Publication No.: US10767454B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Austin Wright , Ryan Wesley McChesney
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/027118 WO 20170412
- International Announcement: WO2018/190819 WO 20181018
- Main IPC: E21B43/12
- IPC: E21B43/12 ; E21B34/14 ; E21B43/08 ; E21B43/32 ; E21B34/10

Abstract:
A method of controlling a flow of a fluid through an inflow control device comprising a tubular within which a sliding sleeve having a longitudinal fluid passageway extends, the method includes longitudinally shifting the sliding sleeve, relative to the tubular, into a first, second, or third position, with each position associated with a different pressure differential between an external pressure applied to an external surface of the tubular with an internal pressure within the longitudinal fluid passage, and selecting a first, second, or third flow setting that corresponds with the first, second, and third pressure differential, respectively, at a surface of a well in which the inflow control device is received.
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