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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Travis Thomas Hailey, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Geirmund Saetre, Abu Dhabi, TX (US);
Inventors:
Travis Thomas Hailey, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Geirmund Saetre, Abu Dhabi, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A well production and injection string includes a plurality of spaced apart packers each adapted to seal with a wall of the wellbore. A plurality of flow control devices are provided in the string, distributed between pairs of adjacent packers. The flow control devices are adapted to communicate flow between an interior and an exterior of the string with less restriction to flow from the interior to the exterior of the string than to flow from the exterior to the interior of the string.