US 12,085,433 B2
Flow regulation tool
John Raggio, Spring, TX (US); Pavel Nazarenko, Houston, TX (US); and Tyler Shirk, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by John Raggio, Spring, TX (US); Pavel Nazarenko, Houston, TX (US); and Tyler Shirk, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,650.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243581 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 1/88 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); G01F 1/76 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01)
CPC G01F 1/88 (2013.01) [E21B 34/06 (2013.01); G01F 1/76 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flow regulation tool comprising:
a ported landing nipple having a port extending through a radial thickness of the ported landing nipple from an inside diameter of the ported landing nipple to a volume radially outwardly of the ported landing nipple;
a retrievable choke assembly disposed within the ported landing nipple, the choke assembly including a choke member and a pressure port;
a first fluid flow path within the ported landing nipple that includes at one end a manifold area through which fluid flows bidirectionally with one direction being a second fluid flow path to a choke subassembly including the choke member;
a sensor gauge having first and second pressure sensing points disposed in the retrievable choke assembly, the first pressure sensing point exposed to pressure upstream or downstream of the choke member depending upon fluid flow direction and the second pressure sensing point exposed to pressure at the other of upstream or downstream of the choke member depending upon fluid flow direction, one of the first and second pressure sensing points exposed to the corresponding pressure through the pressure port.