Patent ID: 6702018
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
An apparatus for gravel packing an interval of a wellbore, the apparatus comprising:an outer tubular having an axially extending production section with a plurality of openings and an axially extending nonproduction section with a plurality of outlets; an inner tubular disposed within the outer tubular forming an annulus therebetween, the inner tubular having an axially extending production section that is substantially circumferentially aligned with the production section of the outer tubular and an axially extending nonproduction section that is substantially circumferentially aligned with the nonproduction section of the outer tubular, the production section of the inner tubular having a plurality of openings, the nonproduction section of the inner tubular having no openings, the production sections of the outer and inner tubulars forming a production pathway therebetween; and a channel having a plurality of outlets disposed within the annulus and substantially circumferentially aligned with the nonproduction section of the inner tubular forming a slurry passageway therewith, the outlets of the channel substantially aligned with the outlets of the outer tubular.