Patent ID: 6626241
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: C09K,E21B

Abstract:
A method of completing a well having a portion of the wellbore intersecting a hydrocarbon bearing formation, comprising the steps of:installing a casing in the portion of the wellbore intersecting the formation; gravel packing the casing in at least a part of the formation intersecting portion by placing gravel in the an annulus formed between a first screen and the interior of the casing; the first screen having an internal flow passageway; thereafter, forming at least one opening extending from the internal passageway through the first screen and through the wall of the casing whereby the opening forms a fluid pathway between the internal passageway and the formation surrounding the casing; thereafter, performing hydraulic fracturing of the formation by supplying liquid under pressure from the casing through the at least on opening an into the formation; inserting particulate material into the formation by moving particulate material from the casing and through the at least one opening; and preventing particulate material from entering the wellbore through the at least one opening.