# US 11,306,569 B2 · Electronic control for simultaneous injection and production

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- Number: US 11,306,569 B2
- Document ID: US11306569B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/636,420
- Filed: 2019-03-14
- Published: 2021-07-22
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-14
- Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci; Michael Linley Fripp; Jyotsana Verma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306569B2

## CPC

- E21B 43/162: {Injecting fluid from longitudinally spaced locations in injection well}
- E21B 17/18: Pipes provided with plural fluid passages {(E21B17/203 takes precedence)}
- E21B 34/14: operated by movement of tools, e.g. sleeve valves operated by pistons or wire line tools {(E21B34/066 takes precedence)}
- E21B 43/12: Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells (E21B43/25 takes precedence; valve arrangements E21B34/00)
- E21B 43/14: Obtaining from a multiple-zone well
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

A flow control device including a housing sized to be disposed within a wellbore; a valve portion disposed within the housing and operable to control the flow of fluid therethrough, the valve portion having at least one valve having a first configuration and a second configuration; an actuator operable to adjust the at least one valve between the first configuration and the second configuration; and a conduit coupled with an exterior surface of the housing and in fluidic communication with the at least one valve.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling wellbore operations comprising:
perforating a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore at one or more predetermined locations;
disposing a length of production tubing and a conduit into the wellbore;
deploying one or more flow control devices within the wellbore, the one or more flow control devices comprising:
a housing sized to be disposed between the subterranean formation and the production tubing; and
a valve portion disposed within the housing and operable to control the flow of fluid therethrough, the valve portion comprising at least one valve having a first configuration and a second configuration, and
an actuator operable to adjust the at least one valve between the first configuration and the second configuration,
wherein an exterior surface of the housing is coupled with the conduit providing fluidic communication therethrough said housing and said conduit;
indicating, via the actuator, at least one of the flow control devices to enter a first configuration;
signaling each of the one or more flow control devices to enter the first configuration; and pumping an injection fluid through the conduit into each of the one or more flow control devices and into each of the predetermined locations within the wellbore via the at least one valve.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration of the at least one valve is an injection configuration operable to pump one or more fluids from the conduit, through the at least one valve, and into a formation adjacent the wellbore.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising:
aligning the one or more flow control devices with the one or more predetermined locations within the wellbore; and
pumping an injection fluid through the conduit into at least one of the one or more flow control devices and into the predetermined locations within the wellbore via the at least one valve.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising indicating, via the actuator, at least one of the flow control devices to enter the second configuration, wherein the second configuration is a production configuration operable to extract one or more production fluids from a formation adjacent the wellbore.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising extracting one or more production fluids from the subterranean formation adjacent the well into the housing and uphole via the production tubing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising simultaneously pumping one or more fluids into the subterranean formation via at least one flow control device and extracting one or more production fluids from the subterranean formation via another of the one or more flow control devices.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising: signaling, via the actuator, each of the one or more flow control devices to enter a second configuration, wherein the second configuration is a production configuration operable to extract one or more production fluids from the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore; and extracting one or more production fluids from the subterranean formation adjacent the well into the housing of each of the flow control devices and uphole via the production tubing.