Patent ID: 8584753

Claim:
A method of completing a subterranean well having an open wellbore extending through a subterranean formation having a target zone, the method comprising the steps of: placing a tubing assembly in the open wellbore, the tubing assembly extending through the target zone, the tubing assembly having an outer surface and defining an interior passageway extending through the target zone, an annular space defined between the outer surface of the tubing assembly and the wellbore wall; positioning at least one annular flow restrictor in the annular space adjacent the target zone; placing a gravel pack in the annular space along at least a length of the target zone and adjacent at least one annular flow restrictor; then flowing an annular barrier forming material from the interior passageway into the annular space occupied at least in part by the gravel pack and adjacent at least one annular flow restrictor, the annular flow restrictor at least partially restricting flow of the annular barrier forming material along the annular space; and then setting the annular barrier forming material in the annular space and adjacent at least one annular flow restrictor, and creating an annular barrier in the annular space and leaving the interior passageway open; and then flowing a fluid through the interior passageway.