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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Applicant:
Nicholas J. Clem, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas J. Clem, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a wellbore operation, such as a gravel packing, includes a tool body, a flow passage formed in the tool body, the flow passage connecting a first space with a second space; and a flow control device positioned along the flow space. The flow control device may include a valve element configured to allow uni-directional; and a flow control element configured to allow flow in bi-directional flow. The valve element and the flow control element may be arranged to form a split flow path between the first space and the second space.