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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Petrowell Limited, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew McGeoch, Aberdeen, GB;
Liam Watt Clark Goodall, Midlothian, GB;
Sean Stewart, Aberdeen, GB;
John Sladic, Aberdeen, GB;
Shawn Rabel, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 34/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 2034/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A downhole tool () and method for controlling fluid flow into and/or from a formation zone (FZ), the downhole tool () comprising a sliding sleeve device () disposed between, and forming a fluid coupling between a first screen () and a second screen (), the sliding sleeve device () configured to provide axial fluid communication between the screens () and to provide selective lateral passage of fluid through the screens () into a throughbore () of the downhole tool ().