US 12,031,416 B2
Flow control module for sand control management
Maria Tafur, Houston, TX (US); Ganesh Balasubramanian, Sugar Land, TX (US); Amrendra Kumar, Missouri City, TX (US); Raghuram Kamath, Richmond, TX (US); Benoit Deville, Houston, TX (US); and Michael Dean Langlais, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/247,548
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/053513
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/076370, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,955, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0011371 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/04 (2013.01) [E21B 43/082 (2013.01); E21B 43/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method comprising:
conveying a bottom hole assembly downhole in a wellbore, the bottom hole assembly comprising:
at least one sand control device; and
a tool comprising:
a mandrel connected to the at least one sand control device, the mandrel comprising:
a bore; and
a flow path configuration selected from at least one of the group consisting of: at least one flow path connecting the at least one sand control device to the bore; at least one flow path connecting the bore to at least two sand control devices; and at least one flow path connecting the bore to the at least one sand control device and to another device of the bottom hole assembly; and
at least one gate comprising a member and an inflow control device disposed in the member, the at least one gate moveable from an initial position to a different position;
performing a gravel packing operation through the at least one sand control device and the tool while the at least one gate is in the initial position;
after the gravel packing operation, actuating the at least one gate of the tool from the initial position into the different position to control production fluid flow; and
performing a production operation through the at least one sand control device and the tool while the at least one gate is in the different position.