Fiber optic enabled intelligent completion employing an end connector

A method, comprising:

• forming a wellbore through a subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone;
• and
• positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including:
• production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing;
• a flange coupled to the production tubing and having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof;
• and
• a fiber optic cable installed within the wellbore, an end connector of the fiber optic cable coupled end to end with the fitting of the flange to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the first inflow control valve.

A method, comprising:

• forming a wellbore through a subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone;
• and
• positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including:
• production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing;
• a flange coupled to the production tubing and having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof;
• and
• a fiber optic cable installed within the wellbore, an end connector of the fiber optic cable coupled end to end with the fitting of the flange to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the first inflow control valve, wherein the first inflow control valve is a shrouded inflow control valve including a flow tubing having one or more flow ports and a shroud positioned radially about the flow tubing, and further wherein the fiber optic cable is located in an annulus between the flow tubing and the shroud.

A method, comprising:

• forming a wellbore through a subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone;
• and
• positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including:
• production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing;
• a flange coupled to the production tubing and having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof;
• and
• a fiber optic cable installed within the wellbore, an end connector of the fiber optic cable coupled end to end with the fitting of the flange to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the first inflow control valve, wherein the flange is located downhole of the first inflow control valve.

A method, comprising:

• forming a wellbore through a subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone;
• and
• positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including:
• production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing;
• a flange coupled to the production tubing and having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof;
• and
• a fiber optic cable installed within the wellbore, an end connector of the fiber optic cable coupled end to end with the fitting of the flange to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the first inflow control valve, wherein the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone is a first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, and further wherein the wellbore extends through a second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate the first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through the first inflow control valve into the production tubing from a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through a second inflow control valve into the production tubing, and further wherein the flange is located downhole of the first inflow control valve and at least partially downhole of the second inflow control valve.

A method, comprising:

• forming a wellbore through a subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone;
• and
• positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including:
• production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing;
• a flange coupled to the production tubing and having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof;
• and
• a fiber optic cable installed within the wellbore, an end connector of the fiber optic cable coupled end to end with the fitting of the flange to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the first inflow control valve, further including a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore, the feedthrough packer configured to help guide the first inflow of hydrocarbons from the subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through the first inflow control valve and into the production tubing, the fiber optic cable installed across the feedthrough packer.