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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ana M. Castaño-Mears, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/308 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for sand-control in a subterranean well. A radially expandable sand-control screen jacket apparatus and related methods are disclosed. The apparatus has a screen jacket assembly surrounding a base pipe and having at least one inner screen element contacting the base pipe and at least one outer screen element overlapping the adjacent inner screen element. The joints between the inner and outer screen elements comprise sand-controlling joints.