Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow control in subterranean wells
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Application No.: US15615136Application Date: 2017-06-06
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Publication No.: US10774612B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Brock W. Watson , Gary P. Funkhouser , Roger L. Schultz , Andrew M. Ferguson
- Applicant: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Agency: Smith IP Services, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B33/138
- IPC: E21B33/138 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A plugging device, well system and method. In one example, a wrap, band or other type of binding is utilized to secure together multiple fibers, tubes, filaments, films, fabrics or lines of the plugging device. In another example, fibers, tubes, filaments, films, fabrics or lines are fused, adhered or bonded to an outer surface of a body of the plugging device. In other examples, a material of the plugging device may become more rigid or swell in a well. A plugging device may comprise a body loosely enclosed in a bag, wrapper or other enclosure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170275965A1 FLOW CONTROL IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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