Flow control devices and methods of use
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Earl Franklin, Stephen M. Greci
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Abstract
Disclosed are improved flow control devices and methods of use thereof. One flow control device includes a body arranged within a cavity defined in a housing coupled to a base pipe, the housing defining a perforation and the base pipe defining one or more flow ports aligned with the perforation to allow fluid communication therethrough, and a flow chamber defined within the body and having a longitudinal portion and a radial portion, the radial portion being fluidly coupled to the perforation such that a fluid flowing through the flow chamber is conveyed directly to or from the perforation and the one or more flow ports.
Claims20
A flow control device, comprising:
- a body fixed within a cavity defined in a housing coupled to a base pipe, the body having an inlet and an outlet and the housing defining a perforation permanently aligned in the radial direction, while in use, with the outlet and one or more flow ports defined in the base pipe to allow fluid communication therethrough;
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- a flow chamber defined within the body and having a longitudinal portion and a radial portion, the radial portion being fluidly coupled to the perforation such that a fluid flowing through the flow chamber is conveyed directly to or from the perforation and the one or more flow ports.
A method of regulating a fluid flow, comprising:
- receiving a fluid in a flow control device comprising a body fixed within a housing coupled to a base pipe, the body having an inlet and an outlet and the housing defining a perforation permanently aligned in the radial direction, while in use, with the outlet and one or more flow ports defined in the base pipe to allow fluid communication therethrough;
- flowing the fluid through a flow chamber defined within the body, the flow chamber having a longitudinal portion and a radial portion;
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- conveying the fluid directly to or from the perforation and the one or more flow ports via the radial portion.
A method of producing a fluid, comprising:
- drawing the fluid through a well screen arranged about a base pipe, the base pipe having one or more flow ports defined therein and a housing coupled thereto, the housing defining a perforation radially aligned with the one or more flow ports to allow fluid communication therethrough;
- receiving the fluid in a flow control device comprising a body fixed within the housing, the body having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is permanently aligned in the radial direction, while in use, with the perforation and the one or more flow ports;
- flowing the fluid through a flow chamber defined in the body, the flow chamber having a longitudinal portion and a radial portion, wherein the radial portion is fluidly coupled to the perforation;
- conveying the fluid directly to the perforation and the one or more flow ports via the radial portion;
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- receiving the fluid in an interior of the base pipe via the one or more flow ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.