Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow-induced erosion-corrosion resistance in downhole fluid flow control systems
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Application No.: US15736508Application Date: 2016-07-08
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Publication No.: US10738573B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Weiqi Yin , Frederic Nicolas Felten , Georgina Corona Cortes , Caleb Thomas Warren , Bryon David Mullen , Richard Hancock Merrill
- Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/041553 WO 20160708
- International Announcement: WO2018/009220 WO 20180111
- Main IPC: E21B43/12
- IPC: E21B43/12 ; E21B41/02 ; E21B37/06

Abstract:
Fluid flow control systems are configured to resist erosion-corrosion and minimize wall shear stress during injection or production. A fluid flow control system includes a base pipe with an internal passageway. A housing is positioned around the base pipe to define a fluid flow path between the filter component and the internal passageway. A flow control component is positioned within the fluid flow path in order to control fluid flow. A flow-induced erosion resistance component, which may take a variety of forms, is positioned within the fluid flow path to reduce and/or eliminate wall shear stress along the base pipe. As a result, erosion-corrosion of the bases pipe is reduced and/or eliminated altogether.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190112903A1 Flow-Induced Erosion-Corrosion Resistance In Downhole Fluid Flow Control Systems Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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