- Patent Title: Crimping to adjust fluid flow for autonomous inflow control devices
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Application No.: US14390600Application Date: 2013-12-17
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Publication No.: US09598934B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Gregory Scott Cunningham , Jean Marc Lopez
- 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: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/075538 WO 20131217
- International Announcement: WO2015/094172 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B34/08 ; E21B43/14 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B43/08

Abstract:
Disclosed are wellbore flow control devices that allow on-site field adjustments to flow characteristics. One autonomous inflow control device (AICD) assembly includes a housing arranged about a base pipe that defines at least one flow port and an interior, the housing defining a fluid compartment in fluid communication with the at least one flow port, an AICD arranged in the fluid compartment and having at least one fluid inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the at least one flow port, a shroud coupled to the housing and covering the fluid compartment, and a crimping tool arrangeable about the housing and the shroud and having a profile defined thereon, the profile being configured to engage and plastically deform the shroud in order to fluidly isolate the AICD.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273310A1 CRIMPING TO ADJUST FLUID FLOW FOR AUTONOMOUS INFLOW CONTROL DEVICES Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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