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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stuart Alan Kolbe, North Somerset, GB;
Jonathan James, Gloucester, GB;
Christopher Paul Reed, Houston, TX (US);
David Kirk Conn, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/006 (2013.01); E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 47/185 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract
A fluidic modulator in accordance to an aspect includes a body forming a flow aperture between an inlet and an outlet, the flow aperture providing a constriction to a fluid flowing axially from the inlet to the outlet, and a moveable element having a shaft portion disposed through the body and a tip end selectively positionable in the flow aperture to alter the flow aperture.