Patent ID: 7055598
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A fluid flow control device for use in a wellbore to control the inflow of production fluids comprising: a sand control screen having a base pipe with a first set of openings that allows the production fluids to flow therethrough; and a sleeve coaxially disposed adjacent to the base pipe forming an annulus therebetween, the sleeve having a second set of openings that allows the production fluids to flow therethrough, the sleeve selectively positionable relative to the base pipe such that a pressure drop in the production fluids is selectively controllable by adjusting an alignment of the first set of openings relative to the second set of openings, thereby adjusting the distance the production fluids must travel in the annulus which alters the pressure drop in the production fluids traveling within the annulus.