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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2025
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
William Dale Wood, Montgomery, TX (US);
John Barton Weirich, Spring, TX (US);
Patrick James Zimmerman, Sr., Houston, TX (US);
Harold Gordon Riordan, Houston, TX (US);
Alvaro Jose Arrazola, Houston, TX (US);
Harry Anderson Hope, Humble, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A gravel pack production string component of a production string used for a gravel pack operation may include a body having a wall that forms a cavity, and also may include a gravel load disposed around an outer surface of the wall of the body. The gravel pack production string component may also include a gravel containment apparatus that is configured to secure the gravel load against the outer surface of the wall of the body as the gravel pack production string component is inserted into a wellbore. The gravel pack production string component may further include a release mechanism that is configured to release the gravel load from the gravel containment apparatus after the gravel pack production string component is positioned within the wellbore for the gravel pack operation and when the release mechanism interacts with a release agent.