US 12,065,904 B2
Fully integrated flow control module
Scott Macdonald, Fife (GB); Stephen Mackin, Stonehaven (GB); and Emma Stewart, Newtonhill (GB)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,454.
Application 18/203,454 is a continuation of application No. 18/117,678, filed on Mar. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,522, filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,927, filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323744 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 34/02 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/10 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 34/025 (2020.05) [E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 21/10 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a fully-integrated flow control module (FI-FCM) in a hydrocarbon reservoir, the system comprising:
a single-piece machined body forming the FI-FCM;
a choke to be associated within a provision that is inside the FI-FCM, wherein the provision for the choke is to enable the choke to access the FI-FCM in only one direction that is vertical with respect to an axis of a wellbore of the hydrocarbon reservoir;
an entry flow path for reservoir fluid inside the FI-FCM;
an exit flow path for the reservoir fluid inside the FI-FCM, the exit flow path comprising a section which is horizontal with respect to the axis of the wellbore and to couple to a valve that is external to the FI-FCM; and
a flow meter integrated to the single-piece machined body and to be in fluid communication with the entry flow path, the flow meter to be upstream relative to the choke, wherein the choke is to control flow between the entry flow path and the exit flow path.