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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 07, 2003
Harold S. Bissonnette, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jake A. Danos, Stafford, TX (US);
Mehmet Parlar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Colin J. Price-Smith, Missouri City, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A well completion method performed in a single trip into a well includes inserting a service tool into the well to a desired location; gravel packing the well; and circulating fluids within the wellbore through the service tool to dislodge and remove filter cake residue. A method of completing a subterranean well performed in a single trip into a wellbore includes running a service tool into the well, the service tool defining multiple, selectable flow paths; gravel packing the well; selecting a different flow path of the service tool; removing a filter cake from the wellbore by circulating a fluid through the service tool; spotting specially fluids within the wellbore at desired locations; and removing the service string from the well.