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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Jean Marc Lopez, Plano, TX (US);
Stephen M. Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);
Gregory S. Cunningham, Grapevine, TX (US);
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Described herein are gravel pack assemblies capable of performing complete gravel pack jobs when flow restricting devices, such as inflow control devices ('ICD'), are utilized. A gravel pack assembly includes a well screen attached to a flow restricting device and a relief valve. The relief valve is positioned in parallel with the flow restricting device so that the relief valve may provide an alternative path for fluid during dehydration of the gravel pack slurry, thus allowing extra fluid flow through the completion string during the gravel pack operation only.