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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Bode, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Craig Fishbeck, Houston, TX (US);
Bill Rouse, Houston, TX (US);
Ronnie S. Royer, Lafayette, LA (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/504 ;
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention apparatus and methods are provided for completing a wellbore using expandable sand screen. An apparatus including a section of expandable sand screen, and an expanding member is disposed in the wellbore on a tubular run-in string. Thereafter, the expandable sand screen is expanded in a producing area of the wellbore.