Method and apparatus for use with an inflow control device
US8985207B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/1789
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A completion assembly is run downhole into a well. The assembly includes a valve and a material that is adapted to initially configure the valve to prevent fluid flow through the valve in at least one direction. The technique includes performing a downhole completion operation in the well and disintegrating the material to allow the prevented fluid flow through a nozzle of the valve. The nozzle is used to regulate production or injection in the well.
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