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Title: Apparatus and methods for cleaning well perforations

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6192218

This patent describes an apparatus for cleaning downhole perforations which communicate fluids between a well bore and an adjacent geological formation. It also describes method for cleaning perforations, which communicate fluids between a well bore and a geological formation adjacent thereto, by developing a surge of formation fluids through the perforations.

Assignee:
Otis Engineering Corp., Dallas, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4793417
OSTI ID:
6192218
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Aug 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English