Patent ID: 6109356
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A well completion tool operatively positionable within a subterranean well, the tool comprising:a fluid delivery flowpath configured for delivering fluid into the well;a fluid return flowpath configured for returning fluid from the well;a first pressure relief device in fluid communication with the fluid delivery and fluid return flowpaths, the first pressure relief device being operative to provide fluid communication between the fluid delivery and fluid return flowpaths upon application of a first predetermined fluid pressure differential between the fluid delivery flowpath and the fluid return flowpath,the first pressure relief device including a plug releasably secured in a passage formed through a pressure-bearing wall of a housing of the well completion tool, the wall separating the fluid delivery flowpath from the fluid return flowpath,the plug being releasably secured in the passage by at least one shear member, the shear member shearing upon application of the first fluid pressure differential; anda filtering device disposed between the fluid delivery flowpath and the plug.