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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
John Wakefield, Cypress, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An inflow control device, including an upstream flow control structure configured to induce water droplet collisions, and a downstream flow control structure disposed downstream of the upstream flow control structure and comprising a channel formed therethrough. A method of controlling flow including flowing a fluid from a source to a destination through an inflow control device comprising an upstream flow control structure and a downstream flow control structure disposed downstream of the upstream flow control structure and comprising a channel formed therethrough, and inducing water droplet collisions in the upstream flow control structure. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string disposed in the borehole, and the inflow control device, disposed within or as part of the string.