Flow conditioning flow control device
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsWeiqi Yin, Frederic Nicolas Felten, Stephen Michael Greci, Brandon Thomas Least
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Abstract
A well screen assembly includes a tubing including a center bore and at least one aperture through the tubing between an outer radial surface of the tubing and an inner radial surface of the tubing; a filtration screen positioned around the tubing; a housing positioned around the tubing and including a fluid chamber in fluid communication with an outlet of the filtration screen; and a flow control device positioned in fluid communication with the outlet of the filtration screen and the at least one aperture to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the tubing or the at least one aperture.
Claims17
A well screen assembly, comprising:
- a tubing comprising a first material and having a center bore and at least one aperture through the tubing between an outer radial surface of the tubing and an inner radial surface of the tubing;
- a housing positioned around the tubing defining a fluid chamber;
- a fluid restrictor positioned in fluid communication between a wellbore surrounding the tubing and the fluid chamber;
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- a flow control device configured to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the tubing or the at least one aperture, the flow control device comprising a tubular sleeve or coating made of a second different material that resists a fluidic shear stress better than the first material, the flow control device positioned:
- in contact with the tubing and surrounding the one or more apertures, the tubular sleeve or coating having one or more perforations there through that at least partially align with the one or more apertures in the tubing;
- or
- in contact with and lining the aperture.
A method for reducing a wall shear stress of a well assembly, comprising:
- receiving a flow of a wellbore fluid from a wellbore surrounding a tubular member, the tubular member comprising a first material and having a center bore and at least one aperture through the tubular;
- directing the wellbore fluid through a fluid restrictor into a fluid chamber defined by a housing positioned around the tubing;
- directing the wellbore fluid from the fluid chamber through a flow control device and the at least one aperture to the center bore of the tubular member, the flow control device configured to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the tubing or the at least one aperture, the flow control device comprising a tubular sleeve or coating made of a second different material that resists a fluidic shear stress better than the first material, the flow control device positioned:
- in contact with the tubing and surrounding the at least one aperture, the tubular sleeve or coating having one or more perforations there through that at least partially align with the at least one aperture in the tubular member;
- or
- in contact with and lining the at least one aperture in the tubular member.
An inflow control device (ICD) for a wellbore fluid, comprising:
- a base pipe that comprises a first material and has a bore and a plurality of apertures;
- a filter screen wrapped around a portion of the base pipe to fluidly couple the bore with a wellbore annulus;
- a housing coupled to the filter screen and wrapped around the base pipe to define a fluid chamber, the housing comprising a flow path that is in fluid communication with the filter screen and the plurality of perforations;
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- a flow control device configured to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the base pipe or the plurality of apertures, the flow control device comprising a tubular sleeve or coating made of a second different material that resists a fluidic shear stress better than the first material positioned in contact with the base pipe and surrounding the one or more apertures, the tubular sleeve or coating having a plurality of perforations there through that at least partially align with the plurality of apertures in the base pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.