US 12,264,549 B2
System and methodology to combine sand control and zonal isolation for artificial lift systems
Ashutosh Dikshit, Houston, TX (US); and Abhinandan Tripathi, Midland, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,800, filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0389788 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 33/124 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/1243 (2013.01) [E21B 43/086 (2013.01); E21B 43/103 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tubular joint installable on a tubular string disposable within a wellbore, the tubular joint comprising:
a perforated section proximate a first end and comprising a first plurality of orifices to allow fluid to exit a bore of the tubular joint and flow to a first area surrounding the tubular joint proximate the perforated section;
a filter section proximate a second end and comprising a filter assembly sized to filter fluid flowing into the bore via a second plurality of orifices from a second area proximate the filter section; and
a packer disposed between the perforated section and the filter section, the packer operable to isolate the first area from the second area when the tubular string is disposed within the wellbore,
wherein the perforated section and the filter section are integral on the tubular joint.