Intelligent completion of a multilateral wellbore with a wired smart well in the main bore and with a wireless electronic flow control node in a lateral wellbore

A completion assembly for deployment in a wellbore, the completion assembly comprising:

• (a) an upper completion assembly;
• (b) a junction assembly attached to a lower portion of the upper completion assembly;
• (c) a lower completion assembly extending from the junction assembly along a first axis;
• (d) a lateral completion assembly extending from the junction assembly along a second axis spaced apart from the first axis;
• (e) at least one sand screen assembly disposed along the lower completion assembly;
• (f) at least one sand screen assembly disposed along the lateral completion assembly;
• (g) each sand screen assembly comprising a base pipe having at least one perforation therein and extending between a first end and a second end of the base pipe;
• a sand screen disposed around a portion of the base pipe and forming a sand screen flow path between the sand screen and the base pipe;
• an adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the base pipe, the electronic flow control node comprising a valve body having an electronic flow control node flow path defined therethrough fluidically connecting the sand screen flow path and the perforation;
• a power harvesting mechanism;
• a valve disposed along the electronic flow control node flow path and moveable between at least a first position and a second position so as to adjust flow along the electronic flow control node flow path;
• an electric actuator for actuating the valve, and powered by the power harvesting mechanism;
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• (h) a wired controller positioned along the upper completion assembly and disposed for transmitting wireless signals to at least the sand screen assembly electronic flow control node of the lateral completion assembly;
• wherein the lateral completion assembly electronic flow control node further comprises a wireless transmitter for controlling the electric actuator of the lateral completion assembly electronic flow control node;
• wherein at least one sand screen assembly further comprises a shunt tube assembly adjacent the sand screen, the shunt tube assembly comprising a transport tube and a packing tube extending along at least a portion of the length of the base pipe, where each of the tubes has a passageway defined therein, the packing tube further including a plurality of nozzles;
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• wherein an electronic flow control node valve of a sand screen assembly is disposed along the passageway of at least one of the tubes, and the electronic flow control node flow path is fluidically connected to a tube passageway.

A completion assembly for deployment in a wellbore, the completion assembly comprising:

• (a) an upper completion assembly;
• (b) a junction assembly attached to a lower portion of the upper completion assembly;
• (c) a lower completion assembly extending from the junction assembly along a first axis;
• (d) a lateral completion assembly extending from the junction assembly along a second axis spaced apart from the first axis;
• (e) a plurality of interconnected sand screen assemblies comprising the lateral completion assembly, the lateral completion assembly having a proximal end and a distal end;
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• a sealing mechanism adjacent the distal end of the lateral completion assembly,
• wherein each sand screen assembly comprises:
• a base pipe having at least one perforation therein and extending between a first end and a second end of the base pipe;
• a sand screen disposed around a portion of the base pipe and forming a sand screen flow path between the sand screen and the base pipe;
• an adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the base pipe, the electronic flow control node comprising a valve body having an electronic flow control node flow path defined therethrough fluidically connecting the sand screen flow path and the perforation;
• a power harvesting mechanism;
• a valve disposed along the electronic flow control node flow path and moveable between at least a first position and a second position so as to adjust flow along the electronic flow control node flow path;
• an electric actuator for actuating the valve, and powered by the power harvesting mechanism;
• and a wireless transmitter for controlling the electric actuator, wherein the first end of a sand screen assembly base pipe is coupled to the second end of an adjacent sand screen assembly base pipe;
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• (h) a controller positioned along the upper completion assembly above the junction assembly, the controller coupled to the surface by one or more control wires and wirelessly coupled to the wireless electronic flow control node transmitters of the lateral completion assembly below the junction assembly, wherein the controller comprises a transmitter for transmitting a wireless pressure or flow rate signal, and wherein the wireless transmitter of each electronic flow control nodes below the junction assembly is operable to receive the pressure or flow rate signal.