Sand control without requiring a gravel pack screen

US5551514A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dowell, a division of Schlumberger Technology Corporation · US

Inventors

• Erik Nelson · Broken Arrow, US
• J. Ernest Brown · Sugar Land, US
• Roger J. Card · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B43/267
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method combining resin consolidation and placement of fibrous material in intimate mixture with particulates provides a means of stabilizing a formation respect to sand production while enhancing well productivity without requiring a gravel pack screen.