Flow characteristic control using tube inflow control device
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsJai Kishan Koli, Britain A. Fisher, Aaron C. Hammer
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Abstract
A method and system perform flow characteristic control. The system includes a tube inflow control device (ICD) including a tube input port. The tube ICD conveys fluid along an axial length of a tube of the tube ICD. The axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port. The system also includes a base pipe with an input port coupled to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the base pipe is configured to convey the fluid to a surface.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a tube inflow control device (ICD) including a tube input port and configured to convey fluid along an axial length of a tube of the tube ICD, wherein the axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port;
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- a base pipe with an input port coupled to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the base pipe is configured to convey the fluid to a surface.
A method of assembling tubing, the method comprising:
- arranging a tube inflow control device (ICD) with a tube input port of a tube of the tube ICD and configuring the tube ICD to convey fluid along an axial length of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port;
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- coupling an input port of a base pipe to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD and configuring the base pipe to convey the fluid to a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.