Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gravel pack assembly for bottom up/toe-to-heel packing
- Patent Title (中): 砾石充填组件,用于自下而上/脚趾到脚跟包装
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Application No.: US12913981Application Date: 2010-10-28
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Publication No.: US08770290B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Ronald van Petegem , John Broussard
- Applicant: Ronald van Petegem , John Broussard
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/04
- IPC: E21B43/04

Abstract:
A gravel pack assembly gravel packs a horizontal borehole. Operators wash down the borehole using a tool in a first position by flowing fluid from the tool through the apparatus' toe. Operators then gravel pack by moving the tool to a first flow port between a screen and the toe. Slurry flows into the borehole from the first flow port, and returns from the borehole flow through the screen. The gravel in the slurry can pack the borehole in an alpha-beta wave from toe to heel. When the tool has a sleeve, operators can break any bridges by flowing fluid from the passage of the assembly into the tool. In another condition, operators can move the tool to a second flow port. Slurry can flow into to the borehole through a shunt extending from the second flow port. Meanwhile, returns can flow from the borehole through a bypass in the assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120103606A1 Gravel Pack Assembly For Bottom Up/Toe-to-Heel Packing Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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