Patent ID: 11927079
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A method to provide fluid flow during a gravel packing operation, comprising:
running a gravel pack system downhole into a wellbore, the gravel pack system comprising:
a heel section;
a toe section that is downhole from the heel section;
a conveyance having an interior passageway to the toe section;
a closing sleeve positioned around an end of the conveyance, the closing sleeve and the conveyance forming an annulus that provides a first fluid passageway from the toe section towards the heel section;
a shunt positioned around a first section of the conveyance, the shunt having a first section that provides a fluid flow entrance into the shunt, a second section that extends to the heel section along the gravel pack system, and one or more nozzles positioned along the second section and configured to provide fluid flow out of the gravel pack system; and
a shroud having a first section that is coupled to the closing sleeve and a second section that is coupled to the shunt, the shroud being positioned around a second section of the conveyance that is between the closing sleeve and the shunt, the shroud and the conveyance forming a second annulus that provides a second fluid passageway from the first annulus to the entrance of the shunt;

flowing a gravel pack slurry through the interior passageway of the conveyance into the toe section;
flowing the gravel pack slurry through the first fluid passageway into the shroud;
flowing the gravel pack slurry through the second fluid passageway through the shroud into the first section into the shunt; and
flowing the gravel pack slurry from the first section of the shunt, out the second section of the shunt, and into the wellbore.