US 12,247,483 B2
Wire mesh for completion tools
David J. Steele, Carrollton, TX (US); Justin Roberts, Calgary (CA); Dara Saphira, Carrollton, TX (US); Esiquiel Marquez, Carrollton, TX (US); Thomas Charles Fanchin, Spring, TX (US); Mark Christopher Glaser, Spring, TX (US); and Brian W. Cho, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,046.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328310 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/16 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/125 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 47/16 (2013.01) [E21B 17/003 (2013.01); E21B 23/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/125 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for transmitting an electrical signal in a wellbore, the apparatus comprises:
a tool comprising a wire mesh;
wherein the wire mesh is a weave comprising conductive wires;
wherein a thickness of the wire mesh is 3 nm to 30 mm thick and a width of the wire mesh is 2 times to 2600 times as wide as the thickness of the wire mesh;
wherein the wire mesh is disposed along at least a portion of an axial length of the tool;
wherein the wire mesh comprises a conductor configured to transmit the electrical signal along the at least the portion of the length of the tool;
wherein the wire mesh is configured to transmit the electrical signal to a wellbore device disposed in the wellbore.