US 12,234,708 B2
Closing inflow control device using dissolvable balls and plugs
Qadir Looni, Dhahran (SA); and Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mousa, Baluchistan (PK)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,862.
Prior Publication US 2024/0254865 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/12 (2013.01) [E21B 43/14 (2013.01); E21B 34/063 (2013.01); E21B 34/142 (2020.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A well completion assembly comprising:
a plurality of inflow control devices (ICDs), each ICD configured to be installed at a respective fluid producing zone of a subterranean zone and to control flow of well fluids from the respective fluid producing zone into a wellbore formed in the subterranean zone;
a plurality of compartments corresponding to the plurality of ICDs, each ICD configured to be installed within a respective compartment, the plurality of compartments serially connected to each other and arranged sequentially from an uphole location to a downhole location, the plurality of compartments defining successively smaller diameters from the uphole location to the downhole location; and
a plurality of plugs corresponding to the plurality of compartments, each plug configured to be received in a respective compartment to close flow of well fluids from the subterranean zone into the wellbore through a respective ICD installed in the respective compartment, wherein the plurality of plugs is directly connected to each other and suspended uphole of the plurality of compartments.