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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995

Filed:

Oct. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

H Mitchell Cornette, Houston, TX (US);

Stephen E Morrison, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166278 ; 166 51 ; 166313 ;
Abstract

An auger type gravel pack screen assembly is interposed in a well which is adapted to produce fluids from two spaced-apart zones of interest through gravel packing surrounding the screen assembly. The screen assembly includes a blank pipe section extending through a layer of mixed size gravel of relatively low permeability to prevent the flow of water or gas through the wellbore between the producing zones. The mixed size gravel layer may be placed in the well with a dump type bailer to minimize mixing of the mixed size gravel with a layer of gravel already in the well. The intermediate layer of gravel packing may have its permeability reduced by injecting a settable resin material or the like through a section of the screen assembly which is adapted to provide for injection of such permeability reducing material from a tubing string inserted within the well.


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