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US 2012/0067574 A1Published application
Selective control of flow through a well screen
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorJean-Marc LOPEZ
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Abstract
A method of selectively controlling flow through a well screen can include installing the well screen in a wellbore, and then exposing the well screen to an aqueous fluid, thereby permitting flow through the well screen. A well screen assembly can include a well screen and an acid containing structure which dissolves in response to contact with an aqueous fluid, whereby flow through the well screen is selectively permitted.
Claims20
A method of selectively controlling flow through a well screen, the method comprising:
- installing the well screen in a wellbore;
- and
- then exposing the well screen to an aqueous fluid, thereby permitting flow through the well screen.
A well screen assembly for use in a subterranean well, the well screen assembly comprising:
- a well screen;
- and
- an acid containing structure which dissolves in response to contact with an aqueous fluid, whereby flow through the well screen is selectively permitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.