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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc, Houston, TX (US);
James Jun Kang, Dallas, TX (US);
Aaron James Bonner, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Michael Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A sand control screen assembly selectively positionable within a wellbore. The sand control screen assembly comprises a pipe having an internal flow path, an external fluid collection subassembly in fluid communication with the internal flow path, a filter medium disposed in a fluid path between the exterior of the sand control screen assembly and the internal flow path, a biasing mechanism, configured to bias the fluid collection subassembly towards a wall of the wellbore, disposed between the fluid collection subassembly and the pipe, and a retaining mechanism configured to release the biasing mechanism in response to a trigger.