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US 9,038,741 B2Granted
Adjustable flow control device
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJean Marc Lopez, Stephen Michael Greci, Luke William Holderman
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Abstract
A flow control device comprises a fluid pathway configured to provide fluid communication between an exterior of a wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular, a flow restriction disposed in the fluid pathway, wherein the flow restriction is disposed in a radial alignment with respect to the wellbore tubular, and a flow blockage disposed in the fluid pathway, wherein the flow blockage substantially prevents a fluid flow through the fluid pathway.
Claims20
A flow control device comprising:
- a housing comprising a shape to fit around a wellbore tubular;
- a fluid pathway disposed through the housing in a generally longitudinal direction with respect to the wellbore tubular and configured to provide fluid communication between an exterior of the wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular;
- a flow restriction disposed along the fluid pathway, wherein the flow restriction is disposed within the housing such that an opening of the flow restriction is oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wellbore tubular;
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- a flow blockage disposed in the fluid pathway, wherein the flow blockage substantially prevents a fluid flow through the fluid pathway.
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A flow control device comprising:
- a housing comprising a shape to fit around a wellbore tubular;
- a fluid pathway disposed through the housing in a generally longitudinal direction with respect to the wellbore tubular and configured to provide fluid communication between an exterior of the wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular;
- a plurality of flow restrictions disposed in series in the fluid pathway;
- a flow blockage comprising a rod that is removably disposed in the fluid pathway, wherein the rod is elongated to substantially fill the fluid pathway in the generally longitudinal direction to substantially prevent a fluid flow through the fluid pathway;
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- a retaining member configured to maintain the flow blockage within the fluid pathway and allow access to the flow blockage within the fluid pathway.
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A method comprising:
- providing a flow control device comprising:
- a housing comprising a shape to fit around a wellbore tubular;
- a plurality of fluid pathways disposed through the housing, each of the plurality of fluid pathways being disposed in a generally longitudinal direction with respect to the wellbore tubular and fluidly connecting an exterior of the wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular, and
- a plurality of flow restrictions disposed along the plurality of fluid pathways, wherein at least one of the plurality of flow restrictions is disposed within the housing such that an opening of the flow restriction is oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wellbore tubular;
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- selectively installing or removing one or more flow blockages from the plurality of fluid pathways.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.