Wells – Means for forming filter beds
Patent
1991-01-31
1992-01-21
Dang, Hoang C.
Wells
Means for forming filter beds
166278, E21B 4304
Patent
active
050820524
ABSTRACT:
A sand screen is positioned in a well adjacent an oil or gas reservoir to be produced. At least one conduit is in juxtaposition with the sand screen and has passageways at selected intervals to establish fluid communication between the conduit and the annulus of the well surrounding the sand screen. A gravel packing slurry is injected down the well to form a gravel pack in the annulus. Actuatable devices associated with the conduit passageways control fluid flow between the conduit and annulus so that if the gravel portion of the slurry forms a bridge in the annulus, thereby blocking slurry flow through the annulus, the slurry will be diverted from the annulus into the conduit through one or more of the passageways in the conduit above the bridge, downward through the conduit and out through one or more passageways in the conduit into the annulus below the bridge to continue the forming of the gravel pack in the annulus.
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Chow Christopher V.
Jones Lloyd G.
Yeh Charles S.
Dang Hoang C.
Hager Jr. George W.
McKillop Alexander J.
Mobil Oil Corporation
Speciale Charles J.
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