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US 2002/0162664 A1Published application
Apparatus and methods for utilizing expandable sand screen in wellbores
AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Bode, Craig Fishbeck, Bill Rouse, Ronnie S. Royer
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention apparatus and methods are provided for completing a wellbore using expandable sand screen. An apparatus including a section of expandable sand screen, and an expanding member is disposed in the wellbore on a tubular run-in string. Thereafter, the expandable sand screen is expanded in a producing area of the wellbore.
Claims16
A method of completing a well comprising the steps of:
- running an apparatus into a wellbore on a run-in string, the apparatus including a section of expandable screen and an expander tool axially moveable in the well, independent of the screen;
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- expanding the sand screen by the axial movement of the expander member to expand the screen to an outer diameter approaching the inner diameter of the wellbore therearound.
An expandable screen assembly for use in a wellbore comprising:
- a section of expandable screen fixable in the wellbore;
- an upper packer disposed proximate an upper end of the screen;
- a lower packer disposed proximate a lower end of the screen;
- a perforating assembly disposed below the lower packer;
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- an expanding member disposed adjacent the lower end of the screen, the expanding member axially moveable through an inner diameter of the screen.
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