Patent ID: 6702020
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A multi-position crossover tool for depositing gravel outside a screen and below a packer, comprising:a body, having an uphole and a downhole end, and having a first passage system therethrough comprising a downflow component, beginning adjacent said uphole end, to allow gravel to exit the tool through a gravel outlet for deposition outside of said body and the screen and below the packer, and an upflow component beginning adjacent said downhole end, to accept returns coming through the screen and channel them through said body to a return port in communication with an annular space outside said body and above the packer; and a valve member in said body operable in said body at least in part by dropping an object onto a seat to selectively reconfigure said first passage system into a second passage system incorporating portions of said downflow and upflow components to allow downflow through said body toward said screen.