Patent ID: 11946346
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A system for use in a well, the system comprising:
a completion having:
a lower filter;
an upper filter;
a blank pipe section located between the lower filter and the upper filter;
a bracket mounted about the blank pipe section at a first filter comprising one of the upper filter or the lower filter;
a manifold mounted about the blank pipe section at a second filter comprising the other one of the upper filter or the lower filter; and
a leak off tube system, the leak off tube system comprising:
a fixed leak off tube mounted to the bracket and extending at least partially along the first filter; and
a slidable leak off tube slidably mounted in the manifold, the slidable leak off tube having an engagement end configured to:
slide along the blank pipe section toward the fixed leak off tube;
engage the bracket once the slidable leak off tube is slid a sufficient distance toward the fixed leak off tube to be in fluid communication with the fixed leak off tube; and
extend at least partially along the second filter after the engagement end is engaged with the bracket.