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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
William Mark Richards, Flower Mount, TX (US);
Thomas J. Frosell, Irving, TX (US);
Stephen M. Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method according to which a zone of a wellbore that traverses a subterranean formation is completed. The apparatus includes a flow joint including a first internal flow passage, and a plurality of openings formed radially therethrough, a plurality of plugs disposed within the plurality of openings to form a fluid and pressure tight seal with the flow joint, thus impeding fluid flow through the plurality of openings, and a screen disposed exteriorly about the flow joint and axially along the plurality of openings, and thus also along the plurality of plugs, wherein, when the plurality of plugs are exposed to a downhole fluid, the plurality of plugs are adapted to degrade so that fluid flow is permitted through the plurality of openings. The plurality of plugs may include protective layers adapted to be damaged or removed to expose the plurality of plugs to the downhole fluid.