Patent ID: 8479811

Claim:
A base pipe for use in a wellbore to tolerate compaction of the production zone where the base pipe comprises: a) an elongated generally cylindrical hollow body of the base pipe with an upper end, a lower end, a peripheral exterior wall and an interior space; b) at least one connector at the upper end for connecting the base pipe to production tubing or liner; c) holes in the peripheral wall of the base pipe through which production fluid may pass from the outside of the base pipe into the interior space; d) screen mesh mounted around the peripheral wall of the base pipe to prevent sand and other particles from being carried by production fluids through the holes in the peripheral wall and into the interior space; and e) compaction absorber segments integral within the base pipe spaced along the generally cylindrical hollow body of the base pipe to absorb longitudinal stresses and reduce the length of the elongated generally cylindrical hollow body.