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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Swellfix Uk Limited, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Annabel Green, Huntly, GB;
Oliver Webster, Torphins, GB;
Swellfix UK Limited, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Abstract
A downhole gravel packing apparatus, comprising: a tubular assembly for being arranged within a wellbore to define an annulus between said tubular assembly and a wall of the wellbore; and a control valve provided within the tubular assembly to control flow of a gravel pack carrier fluid between external and internal regions of the tubular assembly, the control valve comprising a fluid reactant arrangement which reacts with a first fluid to reconfigure the control valve from a first configuration in which flow through the control valve is permitted during a gravel packing operation, and a second configuration in which flow through the control valve is restricted.