US 11,859,472 B2
Apparatus and method for milling openings in an uncemented blank pipe
Ahmed A. Al Sulaiman, Dammam (SA); Feras Hamid Rowaihy, Dhahran (SA); Mamdouh N. Al-Nasser, Dhahran (SA); and Suresh Jacob, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,525.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298897 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 29/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/12 (2013.01) [E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 29/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 49/0875 (2020.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflow control system comprising:
an apparatus configured to form or plug openings in a blank pipe, the apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising a wall having an outer surface;
a milling sub-system mounted to a first side of the wall and configured to mill an opening in the blank pipe the milling sub-system comprising:
a bit configured to form an opening in the blank pipe; and
at least one brace attached to a second side of the wall opposite the first side of the wall, the at least one brace configured to extend radially from the second side of the wall to press the first side of the wall of the housing towards an inner surface of the blank pipe.