Wells – Processes – Parallel string or multiple completion well
Patent
1997-08-20
2000-10-03
Neuder, William
Wells
Processes
Parallel string or multiple completion well
166 50, 1661175, E21B 4314
Patent
active
061259373
ABSTRACT:
A method of completing a subterranean well and associated apparatus therefor provide efficient operation and convenience in completions where production of fluids from a lateral wellbore and a parent wellbore is desired. In one disclosed embodiment, the invention provides a method of completing a subterranean well wherein a tubular member having an aperture formed through a sidewall portion thereof is inserted through a junction of multiple wellbore portions. The aperture is positioned so that it faces one of the wellbore portions. Apparatus provided by the present invention include various forms of flow diverters which may be utilized in the method.
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Gano John C.
Longbottom James R.
Turner William H.
Van Petegem Ronald
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Imwalle William
Neuder William
Smith Marlin R.
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