# US 10,767,450 B2 · Sand control screen for heavy oil thermal recovery

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- Number: US 10,767,450 B2
- Document ID: US10767450B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/325,155
- Filed: 2016-09-13
- Published: 2019-06-27
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-13
- Assignees: Starse Energy and Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Starse Energy and Technology (Group) Co., Ltd
- Inventors: Huian Yi; Boren Li; Zhenxiang Wang; Qiansheng Zhuang; Shanyin Chen; Miaoren Liu; Xipeng Huang; Wenfei Li; Qizun Yi; Zheng Tao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767450B2

## CPC

- E21B 43/08: Screens or liners {(expandable screens or liners E21B43/108)}
- E21B 43/04: Gravelling of wells
- E21B 43/086: {Screens with preformed openings, e.g. slotted liners (comprising porous materials E21B43/082)}
- E21B 43/10: Setting of casings, screens, liners {or the like} in wells
- E21B 43/24: using heat, e.g. steam injection
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

A sand control screen for heavy oil thermal recovery, including: a core base pipe having a plurality of base-pipe holes distributed on a pipe body thereof; a filtering sleeve sleeved on the core base pipe and arranged with respect to the base pipe holes; and a non-welded support disk mounted on the core base pipe and fastening the filter sleeve to the core base pipe by means of a wedge insertion locking and sealing structure. The invention solves the problems in the prior art in which sand control screen has a poor reliability in a high-temperature condition of a thermal production well, resulting in potential safety risks of down hole sand control operation of the screens. In addition, the sand control screen of the present invention has a long service life, thus improving cost effectiveness of oil wells.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sand control screen for heavy oil thermal recovery, comprising:
a core base pipe having a plurality of base-pipe holes distributed on a pipe body thereof; a filtering sleeve sleeved on the core base pipe and arranged with respect to the base pipe holes; and
a non-welded support disk mounted on the core base pipe and fastening the filter sleeve to the core base pipe by means of a wedge insertion locking and sealing structure, said non-welded support disk comprising:
a support disk body including a disk body, and a through hole arranged coaxially with the disk body, the through hole including a circular hole and an internal tapered hole which are connected in this order, the diameter of the circular hole matching the outer diameter of the core base pipe;
a tapered locking sleeve including a sleeve body, and a sleeve hole arranged coaxially with the sleeve body, the diameter of the sleeve hole matching the outer diameter of the core base pipe, the outer surface of the sleeve body being a cone-cylinder surface matching the internal tapered hole, and the cone-cylinder surface being inserted into the internal tapered hole; and
a connecting member for connecting and fastening the support disk body and the tapered locking sleeve,
wherein said connecting member includes cylindrical pins, and cylindrical pin holes are provided in the support disk body, the tapered locking sleeve, and the core base pipe respectively and correspondingly, the cylindrical pins are configured to be inserted into the cylindrical pin holes, respectively,
wherein the cylindrical pin holes are welded to outer ends of the cylindrical pins respectively, and polished.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sand control screen according to claim 1, wherein the filter sleeve includes:
an inner sheath having a bridge-like steam injection sand control structure and sleeved on the core base pipe, a plurality of bow-shaped structures being arranged on a sheath body of the inner sheath evenly, a bridge-like gap being formed between the bow-shaped structures and the sheath body, and an inner wall of the bow-shaped structures being tightly attached to an outer circumferential surface of the core base pipe; and
an outer sheath sleeved on the inner sheath, a plurality of outer filtering holes distributed on a sheath body of the outer sheath evenly.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The sand control screen according to claim 2, wherein the bow-shaped structures are formed by stamping on the sheath body of the inner sheath.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The sand control screen according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of blind sections are distributed on the sheath body of the inner sheath evenly, and are arranged corresponding to the base-pipe holes.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The sand control screen according to claim 2, wherein the bow-shaped structures are alternately distributed along a circumferential direction of the sheath body of the inner sheath.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The sand control screen according to claim 2, wherein both ends of the filter sleeve are fastened by the non-welded support disk.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The sand control screen according to claim 1, wherein a corrugated structure is further provided on the sleeve body, and is close to an end of the cone-cylinder surface that has a smaller diameter.