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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sudiptya Banerjee, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/2406 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a flow of a fluid between a flow bore of a wellbore tubular and a wellbore annulus may include an inflow control device having at least one pressure reducing stage. The stage may include a flow passage along which the fluid flows and a throttle receiving the fluid from the flow passage. The throttle may include a first flow area that is cross-sectionally larger than a second flow area and an outlet in direct fluid communication with the second flow area.