US 12,252,966 B2
Inflow control device with dissolvable plugs
Jacob Zachariah, Houston, TX (US); Bryan Ping Chew Chay, Houston, TX (US); Stephen Michael Greci, Houston, TX (US); and Michael Linley Fripp, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,363.
Application 17/805,363 is a division of application No. 16/470,125, granted, now 11,352,862, previously published as PCT/US2018/044295, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316302 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 29/02 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/12 (2013.01) [E21B 29/02 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 33/13 (2013.01); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lower completion assembly, comprising:
a tubular comprising:
an interior passageway defined by an internal surface of the tubular; and
a port extending between an external surface of the tubular and the internal surface of the tubular;
wherein the port is defined by a first surface that extends between the internal surface and the external surface; and
an inflow control device that is coupled to the external surface of the tubular and that comprises a fluid exit that is adjacent the port;
wherein the lower completion assembly has a first configuration and a second configuration;
wherein, when in the first configuration:
a dissolvable plug extends across the fluid exit to fluidically isolate the fluid exit from the interior passageway; and
a gap is defined adjacent the first surface, the gap defined between an external surface of the dissolvable plug and the first surface; and
wherein, when in the second configuration, the dissolvable plug does not extend across the fluid exit and the fluid exit is in fluid communication with the interior passageway; and
wherein when in the first configuration, the dissolvable plug is bonded to the inflow control device.