The present disclosure relates to a separating device for removing solid particles from fluids having an improved resistance to mechanical shocks, and to the use of said separating device for removing solid particles from fluids.

System and method of non-line-of-sight coating of a sand screen for use in wellbores during the production of hydrocarbon fluids from subterranean formations. The coatings can have uniformly coated internal and external surfaces.

An adaptive fluid switch for regulating the production rate of a fluid. The adaptive fluid switch includes a fluid control module having a fluid selector, a swirl chamber and a self-impinging valve element. When the fluid produced through the adaptive fluid switch has a viscosity greater than a first predetermined level, the fluid selector determines the fluid to be a selected fluid such that the fluid swirls in one direction in the swirl chamber and follows a low resistance flow path in the valve element. When the fluid has a viscosity less than a second predetermined level, the fluid selector determines the fluid to be a non-selected fluid such that the fluid swirls in the opposite direction in the swirl chamber and follows a high resistance flow path in the valve element, thereby regulating the production rate of the fluid responsive to changes in the viscosity of the fluid.

In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a screened communication connector for a production tubing joint is disclosed. The screened communication connector including a hollow body including a plurality of holes to block particulate material from passing therethrough and allow fluid to pass therethrough. The screened communication connector additionally includes a first axial end of the hollow body including a first seal member for creating a particle tight seal between the first axial end and a first screen joint. The screened communication connector additionally includes a second axial end of the hollow body, the second axial end including a second seal member for creating a particle tight seal between the second axial end and a second screen joint.

A sand control screen pipe includes couplings, movable spacer bushes, an outer movable radial slotted screen pipe, a split supporting ring and an inner axial slotted screen pipe. In downhole sand control construction work, a movable combined sand control pipe of axial and radial slotted screen pipes is required to be aligned with an oil layer position, this sand control screen pipe adopts the outer radial slotted screen pipe and the inner axial slotted screen pipe for blocking sand, and the outer radial slotted screen pipe can carry out limited axial movement along the inner axial slotted screen pipe and free rotational motion around the axial line of the inner axial slotted screen pipe, so that the controlled sand can be effectively prevented from hardening and an oil leakage channel is kept smooth for a long time to improve the production efficiency of an oil well.

A method for completing a wellbore in a subsurface formation includes providing a first base pipe and a second base pipe. Each base pipe comprises a tubular body forming a primary flow path. Each base pipe has transport conduits along an outer diameter for transporting fluids as a secondary flow path. The method also includes connecting the base pipes using a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly has a manifold, and a flow port adjacent the manifold that places the primary flow path in fluid communication with the secondary flow path. The method also includes running the base pipes into the wellbore, and then causing fluid to travel between the primary and secondary flow paths. A sand screen assembly is also provided that allows for control of fluid between primary and secondary flow paths.

Disclosed are wellbore flow control devices that allow on-site field adjustments to flow characteristics. One autonomous inflow control device (AICD) assembly includes a base pipe defining one or more flow ports and an interior, a first end ring and a second end ring each arranged about the base pipe, the second end ring being axially-offset from the first end ring such that a fluid compartment is defined therebetween, an AICD arranged within the fluid compartment and having at least one fluid inlet and an outlet configured to be in fluid communication with one of the one or more flow ports, and a flow ring arranged about the base pipe and in fluid communication with the AICD, the flow ring being operable to regulate a fluid flow into the interior of the base pipe and being accessible and manipulatable by a well operator on-site.

A tubular flow control apparatus includes, a first screen surrounding a first tubular defining a first annular space therebetween, a second screen surrounding a second tubular defining a second annular space therebetween, and a third tubular positioned longitudinally between the first tubular and the second tubular having at least one passageway fluidically connecting the first annular space with the second annular space, the third tubular having at least one opening fluidically connecting the at least one passageway to a third space located radially outwardly of the third tubular.

The subject matter of the invention is a separating device for removing solid particles from liquids and/or gases in extraction wells, comprising a) an annular stack (7) of at least three brittle-hard annular discs (8), the upper side (9) of the annular discs (8) having at least three spacers (10), which are distributed uniformly over the circular circumference of the discs and the contact area (11) of which is planar, so that the spacers (10) have planiform contact with the underside of an adjacent annular disc (8), and the annular discs (8) being stacked and fixed in such a way that between the individual discs (8) there is in each case a separating gap (14) for the removal of solid particles, and the axial projection of the annular discs (8) at the inner and the outer circumference being circular, and the brittle-hard material of the annular discs (8) being chosen from oxidic and non-oxidic ceramic materials, mixed ceramics of these materials, ceramic materials with the addition of secondary phases, mixed materials with fractions of ceramic or metallic hard materials and with a metallic binding phase, powder-metallurgical materials with hard material phases formed in situ and long- and/or short-fibre-reinforced ceramic materials, b) a perforated pipe (1), which is located inside the annular stack (7) and on which the brittle-hard annular discs (8) are stacked, c) at least three bands (15), which are provided axially parallel and uniformly spaced apart on the lateral surface (21) of the perforated pipe (1) located inside the annular stack (7) and onto which the annular discs (8) have been pushed, whereby the annular discs (8) are centred on the perforated pipe (1), and d) an end cap (5) at the upper end and an end cap (6) at the lower end of the annular stack (7), the end caps (5, 6) being firmly connected to the perforated pipe (1). The subject matter of the invention is likewise the use of a separating device according to the invention for removing solid particles from liquids and/or gases in a process for extracting liquids and/or gases from extraction wells

A hydrocarbon production system comprises a base pipe; and a separator having a body with an inner surface defining a conduit, the inner surface being coated with a polymer blend comprising a hydrophilic component and a hydrophobic component, an inlet, a water outlet, and an oil outlet fluidly coupled to the base pipe.