Patent ID: 9677378
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A flow control assembly, comprising: a cylindrical body defining an interior and one or more openings provided through a wall of the body; an inner sleeve positioned within the interior of the body and defining one or more recessed pockets on an outer radial surface of the inner sleeve, wherein the one or more recessed pockets coincide with the one or more openings through the wall of the body, and one or more sleeve orifices are defined in the inner sleeve at each recessed pocket; a cartridge choke assembly received within each opening and operatively coupled to the inner sleeve at a corresponding one of the one or more recessed pockets, the cartridge choke assembly including a choking module that defines one or more choke orifices alignable with the one or more sleeve orifices to facilitate fluid communication through the cartridge choke assembly; and a flow control device movably disposed within the body between a fully open position, where the one or more sleeve orifices are exposed and fluid flow into or out of the body via the cartridge choke assembly is facilitated, and a fully closed position, where the one or more sleeve orifices are occluded by the flow control device and fluid flow into or out of the body via the cartridge choke assembly is thereby prevented.