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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Rex Burnett, Katy, TX (US);
William Mountjoy Savage, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
John Michele Hirsch, Houston, TX (US);
George Leo Stegemeier, Houston, TX (US);
Harold J. Vinegar, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Rex Burnett, Katy, TX (US);
William Mountjoy Savage, Houston, TX (US);
Frederick Gordon Carl, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
John Michele Hirsch, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods of electrically controlling downhole well interval inflow and/or injection. The downhole controllable well section having a communications and control module, a sensor, an electrically controllable valve and an induction choke. The electrically controllable valve is adapted to regulate flow between an exterior of the tubing and an interior of the tubing. Power and signal transmission between surface and downhole is carried out via the tubing and/or the casing. When there are multiple downhole controllable well sections, flow inhibitors separate the well sections.