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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Donnelly, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/308 ;
Abstract
An expandable well screen for preventing migration of sand or other solid particles into a hydrocarbon fluid production well comprises a number of filter sheets with circumferential slots, which sheets are secured in an iris-shaped configuration and co-axial to an expandable slotted carrier tube such that as result of expansion of the tube the amount of overlap between adjacent filter sheets is reduced. The circumferential slot pattern of the slots enables the filter sheets to slide easily relative to each other and to avoid buckling and/or tearing of the filter sheets during the expansion process.