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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Charles S. Yeh, Spring, TX (US);
Robert M. Shirley, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Pavlin B. Entchev, Spring, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Hydrocarbon wells including crosslinked polymer granules in sand control structures and/or methods of completing the hydrocarbon wells. The hydrocarbon wells include a wellbore that extends within a subsurface region and a downhole tubular that extends within the wellbore, defines a tubular conduit, and includes a fluid-permeable segment. The hydrocarbon wells also include a sand control structure that is positioned within an annular space that extends between the wellbore and the fluid-permeable segment of the downhole tubular. The sand control structure is configured to restrict migration of formation sands from the subsurface region and into the tubular conduit via the fluid-permeable segment and includes a plurality of crosslinked polymer granules. The methods include positioning a downhole tubular within a wellbore and providing a plurality of crosslinked polymer granules to an annular space that extends between the wellbore and a fluid-permeable segment of the downhole tubular.