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Method of gravel packing a subterranean well

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5507020
This patent describes a method of gravel packing a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation. It comprises blocking a first group of apertures in a liner with an immobile gel; positioning the liner within the well bore thereby defining a first annulus between the liner and the well bore; transporting a slurry comprised of gravel suspended in a fluid into the first annulus, the fluid flowing through a second group of apertures in the liner while the gravel is deposited within the first annulus to form a gravel pack; and thereafter removing substantially all of the gel from the first group of apertures.
Assignee:
Marathon Oil Co., Findlay, OH (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5062484
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-572925
OSTI ID:
5507020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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