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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);
Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Pete Clement Dagenais, The Colony, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inflow control device for controlling a production flow can include an inlet, a vortex chamber, and a flow control chamber. The inlet can extend obliquely relative to the central axis of the device. The vortex chamber can induce a vortical inflow from the inlet. The flow chamber can receive vortical inflow from the vortex chamber. A movable restriction disk within the flow control chamber can restrict the vortical inflow therein.