A DRILLING METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY WHILE ELIMINATING PERFORATING AND GRAVEL PACKING - Patent 1461510

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EP 1 461 510 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/40

(21)	Application number: 02797431.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E21B 43/04, E21B 43/11

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/040696

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/052238 (26.06.2003 Gazette 2003/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

18.12.2001 US 341779 P

(71)	Applicant: Sand Control, Inc.
	Katy, TX 77450 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	JOHNSON, Michael, H. Katy, TX 77450 (US)

(74)	Representative: McCall, John Douglas
	W.P. THOMPSON & CO.Coopers BuildingChurch Street Liverpool L1 3AB Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)

(54)	A DRILLING METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY WHILE ELIMINATING PERFORATING AND GRAVEL PACKING