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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
David A. Hejl, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert W. Crow, Irving, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A gravel packing apparatus comprises multiple joints each having substantially the same construction and each having a perforated outer tubular ( ) positioned around a sand control screen ( ) including a slurry passageway ( ) and a production pathway ( ) therebetween. First and second transition members ( ) are disposed at opposite ends of each joint. When two such joints are connected together, the second transition member ( ) of one joint is proximate the first transition member ( ) of the next joint such that a fluid traveling from the slurry passageway ( ) of one joint to the slurry passageway ( ) of the next joint travels from the exterior to the interior of the second transition member ( ) of the one joint and from the interior to the exterior of the first transition member ( ) of the next joint.