Sand control devices and method of installation thereof

Patent · Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5784098

Petrovic, L M

A jet shoe adapted for connection to a lower end of a sand control device to allow for ejection of a working fluid through the bottom of the shoe for setting the sand control device in a fluid bearing formation at substantially the same elevational location as the fluid bearing formation is described. The jet shoe comprises a body formed with an internal cavity housing a check valve permitting the downward flow of working fluid into the cavity while restricting any upward flow of working fluid from the cavity; and means for connecting the jet shoe to a source of working fluid. The body is further formed with a downwardly extending passage in communication with the cavity to direct working fluid in a downward direction from the shoe. The body further includes an upwardly extending passage in communication with the cavity to direct part of the working fluid out of the bottom of the shoe in an upward direction, wherein a bottom of the cavity is formed with a generally conical surface.. The inlet port of the downwardly extending passage is formed in the conical surface proximate the apex thereof. The inlet port of the upwardly extending passage is formed at the intersection of the conical surface with the cylindrical side wall.

• Assignee: Well Improvement Specialists, Inc., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4700776
• OSTI ID: 5784098
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 30 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
SAND CONSOLIDATION
OIL WELLS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
HYDRODYNAMICS
INSTALLATION
JETS
VALVES
WORKING FLUIDS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUIDS
MECHANICS
WELLS
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