Cluster screen for sand control
CA 1100055 A · Owner: Spurlock, James W. · Inventors: Spurlock, James W.
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Apparatus for separating particulate matter from a flowing fluid which, for example, may be sand entrained in a flowing stream of oil and gas, comprises an assembly including a plurality of small diameter tubular elements the walls of which have a selected permeability to said fluid. The tubular elements are held with their axes parallel between a pair of headers by suitable tension means. The interior of the tubes are connected to at least one plenum and to a well tubing. When this assembly is inserted into a well producing oil and gas which carries sand, the sand will be deposited against the outer walls of the tubular elements since the grain diameters are greater than the size of the …
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- Granted April 28, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 28, 1998.
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