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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing skin in a subterranean wellbore. In an embodiment, the method includes oscillating a drawdown pressure of the subterranean wellbore in a predetermined pattern that comprises a plurality of alternating drawdown pressure increases and drawdown pressure decreases. The drawdown pressure increases of the predetermined pattern comprise increasing the drawdown pressure at a first rate, and the drawdown pressure decreases of the predetermined pattern comprise decreasing the drawdown pressure at a second rate that is different from the first rate.