Patent ID: 7810567

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) providing a plurality of flow-through passages in a portion of a casing while the casing is out of hole; (b) forming the plurality of flow-through passages in one or more casing joint sections while out of hole; (c) temporarily plugging the flow-through passages with a composition, wherein the composition comprises a water-soluble material selected from water-soluble inorganic materials, water-soluble organic materials, and combinations thereof; (d) running the casing and the one or more casing joint sections in hole in a wellbore intersecting a hydrocarbon-bearing formation; and (e) exposing the composition to conditions sufficient to displace the composition from the flow-through passages while in hole; wherein the running in hole comprises running in hole a casing string comprising a plurality of casing sections joined together by the one or more casing joint sections.