Patent ID: 8267173

Claim:
An open hole completion apparatus for use in a wellbore, comprising: an outer tubing string at least partially disposed in an open hole portion of the wellbore, the outer tubing string including at least one sand control screen and a closing sleeve having at least one fluid port; an inner tubing string at least partially disposed within the outer tubing string, the inner tubing string including a crossover assembly having at least one fluid port that is selectively in fluid communication with the at least one fluid port of the closing sleeve; and a shroud disposed around at least a portion of the outer tubing string and forming a channel therewith that extends over the at least one fluid port of the closing sleeve toward the at least one sand control screen, the shroud having a discharge end located between the at least one fluid port of the closing sleeve and the at least one sand control screen such that when a treatment fluid is pumped through the inner tubing string, the crossover assembly and the at least one fluid port of the closing sleeve, the treatment fluid is injected into the wellbore from the at least one fluid port of the closing sleeve and uphole and outside of the at least one sand control screen.