Securing connections in alternate path well screens
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorJan VEIT
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Abstract
A method of securing connections in well screens can include engaging a resilient ring with recesses formed in respective well screen connectors, the ring including projections extending from respective opposite ends of the ring, and disengaging the resilient ring from one of the recesses by relative displacement between the projections. A well screen connection can include well screen connectors, and a resilient ring received in annular recesses formed in the respective well screen connectors, projections extend from opposite ends of the ring and are received in an opening formed through a wall of one of the connectors, and the projections received in the opening prevent rotation of the ring relative to that connector.
Claims14
A method of securing connections in well screens, the method comprising:
- engaging a resilient split ring with first and second recesses formed in respective first and second well screen connectors, the ring including projections extending from respective opposite ends of the ring;
- and
- disengaging the resilient ring from the second recess by displacing the projections away from each other.
A well screen connection, comprising:
- first and second well screen connectors;
- and
- a resilient split ring received in first and second annular recesses formed in the respective first and second well screen connectors, wherein projections extend from opposite ends of the ring and are received in an opening formed through a wall of the first connector, wherein the projections received in the opening prevent rotation of the ring relative to the first connector, and wherein the ring disengages from the second annular recess in response to displacement of the projections away from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.