Screen assembly with flow through connectors
AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Bode, Craig Fishbeck, Tyson L. Dailey
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Abstract
A connector for providing a pathway between a first screened tubing and a second screened tubing. In one embodiment, the connector includes an annular pipe coupled to the first screened tubing at a first end and coupled to the second screened tubing at a second end. The annular pipe defines a plurality of channels disposed therein. The channels are configured to provide the pathway between the first screened tubing and the second screened tubing.
Claims31
A connector for providing a pathway between a first screened tubing and a second screened tubing, comprising:
- an annular pipe coupled to the first screened tubing at a first end and coupled to the second screened tubing at a second end, wherein the annular pipe defines a plurality of channels disposed therein, wherein the channels are configured to provide the pathway between the first screened tubing and the second screened tubing.
A screened tubing assembly, comprising:
- a string of screened tubings, wherein each screened tubing comprises a screen annularly disposed thereon;
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- a connector disposed between each screen, wherein the connector defines a pathway between each screened tubing.
A screened tubing assembly, comprising:
- a string of screened tubings, wherein each screened tubing includes a screen annularly disposed thereon;
- a connector disposed between each screen, wherein the connector provides a pathway between each screened tubing;
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- wherein one of the screened tubings comprises:
- a perforated inner tubing having a plurality of holes disposed thereon;
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- a sliding sleeve configured to open and close the holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.