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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Weiqi Yin, Plano, TX (US);

Frederic Nicolas Felten, Corinth, TX (US);

Stephen Michael Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);

Brandon Thomas Least, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/086 (2013.01); E21B 43/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/084 (2013.01); E21B 43/088 (2013.01); E21B 34/106 (2013.01); E21B 43/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A well screen assembly includes a tubing including a center bore and at least one aperture through the tubing between an outer radial surface of the tubing and an inner radial surface of the tubing; a filtration screen positioned around the tubing; a housing positioned around the tubing and including a fluid chamber in fluid communication with an outlet of the filtration screen; and a flow control device positioned in fluid communication with the outlet of the filtration screen and the at least one aperture to reduce a wall shear stress on at least one of the tubing or the at least one aperture.


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