Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inflow control device with dissolvable plugs
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Application No.: US16470125Application Date: 2018-07-30
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Publication No.: US11352862B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Jacob Zachariah , Bryan Ping Chew Chay , Stephen Michael Greci , Michael Linley Fripp
- 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/US2018/044295 WO 20180730
- International Announcement: WO2020/027772 WO 20200206
- Main IPC: E21B43/12
- IPC: E21B43/12 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B29/02 ; E21B33/13

Abstract:
A lower completion assembly includes a tubular comprising an interior passageway defined by an internal surface of the pipe and a port extending between external and internal surfaces of the tubular. The port is defined by a first surface that extends between the internal and external surfaces. The assembly also includes an inflow control device that is coupled to the external surface of the pipe and that comprises a fluid exit that is adjacent the port. The assembly has a first configuration and a second configuration. When in the first configuration a dissolvable plug extends across the fluid exit to fluidically isolate the fluid exit from the interior passageway and a gap is defined adjacent the first surface. When in the second configuration, the dissolvable plug does not extend across the fluid exit and the fluid exit is in fluid communication with the interior passageway.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210156234A1 INFLOW CONTROL DEVICE WITH DISSOLVABLE PLUGS Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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