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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Stephen Mcnamee, Rhode, IE;
John S. Sladic, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen McNamee, Rhode, IE;
John S. Sladic, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A completion jointhas a sand control jacketand an inflow control device. The jacketcommunicates screened fluid with a housing of the inflow control device. The basepipe's flow openingsare isolated in the housing from the screened fluid by flow devices. The flow devicesare externally accessible on the device's housing to selectively configure the flow devicesopen or closed.