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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Marc Lopez, Plano, TX (US);

Luke W. Holderman, Plano, TX (US);

Stephen M. Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);

Gregory S. Cunningham, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/086 (2013.01); E21B 43/082 (2013.01); E21B 43/084 (2013.01); E21B 43/088 (2013.01); E21B 43/108 (2013.01);
Abstract

An expandable well screen can include a filter section which is displaced outward when the well screen is positioned downhole, the filter section including an outer surface that is recessed relative to a raised boundary of the filter section adjacent the recessed outer surface. Another filter section can include an outer surface having one more structures thereon which space the outer surface away from a well surface when the filter section is displaced outward. Another filter section can include one or more structures on an interior thereof which space apart inner and outer sides of a wall of the filter section, a telescoping tubular connector which provides fluid communication between the filter section and a base pipe of the well screen, and a filter media being positioned in the tubular connector.


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