Wireless downhole well interval inflow and injection control

A method of producing petroleum from a petroleum well, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of downhole controllable well sections of said wells a number of said well sections comprising a communications and control module, a sensor, an electrically controllable valve, and a flow inhibitor, said flow inhibitor being located within a well casing and about a portion of a production tubing of said well, said communications and control module being electrically connected to at least one of said tubing and said casing, and said electrically controllable valve and said sensor being electrically connected to said communications and control module;
• hindering fluid flow between said well sections within said casing with said flow inhibitors;
• measuring a fluid characteristic at each of said well sections with a respective sensor;
• regulating fluid flow into said tubing at one or more of said well sections with its respective electrically controllable valve, based on said fluid characteristic measurements;
• and
• producing petroleum products from said well via said tubing.

A method of controllably injecting fluid into a formation with a well, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of controllable well sections in said well, each of said well sections comprising a communications and control module, a sensor, and an electrically controllable valve, and a flow inhibitor, said communications and control module being electrically connected to at least one of said tubing and said casing, said electrically controllable valve and said sensor being electrically connected to said communications and control module, and said flow inhibitor being located within a well casing and about a portion of a tubing string of said well;
• hindering fluid flow between said well sections within said casing with said flow inhibitors;
• measuring fluid characteristic at each of said well sections with its respective sensor;
• controllably injecting fluid into said tubing;
• and
• regulating fluid flow from said tubing interior into said formation at one or more of said well sections with its respective electrically controllable valve, based on said fluid measurements.