Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW BETWEEN FORMATIONS AND WELLBORES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/115967
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
In one aspect, a passive flow control device for controlling flow of a fluid is provided, which device in one configuration include a longitudinal member configured to receive fluid radially along a selected length of the longitudinal member, the longitudinal member including flow restrictions configured to cause a pressure drop across the radial direction of the longitudinal member. In another aspect, a method of completing a wellbore is provided, which method in one embodiment may include providing a flow control device that includes a tubular with a first set of fluid flow passages and at least one member with a second set of fluid passages placed outside the tubular, wherein the first and second set of passages are offset along a longitudinal direction and the member is configured to receive a fluid along the radial direction; placing the flow control device at a selected location a wellbore; and allowing a fluid flow between the formation and the flow control device.
Inventors:
DUPHORNE DARIN H (US)
BOWEN EDDIE G (US)
BOWEN EDDIE G (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/028481
Publication Date:
December 15, 2011
Filing Date:
March 15, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INC (US)
DUPHORNE DARIN H (US)
BOWEN EDDIE G (US)
DUPHORNE DARIN H (US)
BOWEN EDDIE G (US)
International Classes:
E21B43/12
Foreign References:
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| US20070131434A1 | 2007-06-14 | |||
| US6978840B2 | 2005-12-27 | |||
| US7578343B2 | 2009-08-25 |
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