Patent ID: 8646528
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: C09K,E21B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: placing a stand-alone-screen that does not comprise a concentric washpipe in a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation, the stand-alone-screen having a longitudinal axis; forming a screen-plugging filter cake on an interior surface of the stand-alone-screen, whereby an in situ coated stand-alone-screen is formed, the screen-plugging filter cake comprising a residue deposited on the stand-alone-screen by a packing slurry when the packing slurry is forced against the stand-alone-screen under pressure, wherein the packing slurry includes particulate plugging agents that form at least a portion of the residue deposited on the stand-alone-screen; preventing fluid loss through sides of the stand-alone-screen with the screen-plugging filter cake; and circulating a fluid through the longitudinal axis of the stand-alone-screen.